Furan

Safety Summary

Regulatory Status

Sources

These citations are the ones recorded for the human adult context.

• IARC Monographs Volume 63: Dry Cleaning, Some Chlorinated Solvents and Other Industrial Chemicals — Furan Group 2B (1995) REGULATORY · 1995
• EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM): Risks for Human Health Related to the Presence of Furan and Methylfurans in Food — Margin of Exposure approach; canned foods, baby foods, coffee as primary exposure matrices; infants identified as high-exposure population (2017) REGULATORY · 2017
• PROPOSITION 65 LIST OF CARCINOGENS OR REPRODUCTIVE TOXICANTS REGULATORY · 2026
• IARC Monographs, List of Classifications REGULATORY · 2026
• Substances Listed in the Fifteenth Report on Carcinogens REGULATORY
• ECHA Annex VI to CLP: the unofficial Excel table (up to and including the 23rd ATP) (secondary: unofficial by its own statement) REGULATORY
• identity database ECHA CHEM, Download all substances: REACH registrations (ECHA's own list of REACH-registered substances) REGULATORY · 2026
• where to look PubChem: Toxicity section (CID 8029) PUBCHEM
• Permissible Exposure Limits – OSHA Annotated Table Z-1 REGULATORY
• where to look CAMEO Chemicals, as recorded by PubChem (Experimental Properties, CID 8029; where-to-look, not a source of this value) DATABASE · 2026
• where to look Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB), as recorded by PubChem (Experimental Properties, CID 8029; where-to-look, not a source of this value) DATABASE · 2026
• EPA CompTox CTX API: predicted properties for DTXSID6020646 (Furan) REFERENCE

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