Mirex
CAS: 2385-85-5 | Type: organic_pollutant
High Risk (Adults)
Safety Summary
Hazard Profilehazardous
Risk (Adults)High
Risk (Children)High
Regulatory Status
SummaryIARC: Group 2B | California Prop 65 listed | Stockholm Convention listed
NGO listOn the TEDX List of Potential Endocrine Disruptors (The Endocrine Disruption Exchange, a non-governmental list; last updated September 2018). This is a list membership, not a regulatory classification. Source: the TEDX List export (publisher's page)
Molecular FormulaC10Cl12
Molecular Weight545.5
Sources
These citations are the ones recorded for the human adult context.
- IARC Monographs Volume 20: Some Halogenated Hydrocarbons REGULATORY · 2001
- IARC Monographs, List of Classifications REGULATORY · 2026
- Substances Listed in the Fifteenth Report on Carcinogens REGULATORY
- where to look IARC Monographs — Monographs available (index) REGULATORY · 2026
- where to look PubChem: Toxicity section (CID 16945) PUBCHEM
- Stockholm Convention: All POPs (the Convention's own list of listed chemicals, Annexes A, B and C) REGULATORY
- OEHHA Proposition 65 List of Carcinogens or Reproductive Toxicants (CSV, list date 31-Jul-26) REGULATORY
- Permissible Exposure Limits – OSHA Annotated Table Z-1 REGULATORY
- Toxicological Profile for Mirex and Chlordecone (ATSDR, October 2020) ASSESSMENT
- TEDX List of Potential Endocrine Disruptors, full export (Excel from the publisher's own search, operator-saved 2026-10-08; list last updated September 2018) REFERENCE_DATABASE
- where to look CAMEO Chemicals, as recorded by PubChem (Experimental Properties, CID 16945; where-to-look, not a source of this value) DATABASE · 2026
- EPA CompTox CTX API: predicted properties for DTXSID7020895 (Mirex) REFERENCE
- ECHA Annex VI to CLP: the unofficial Excel table (up to and including the 23rd ATP) REGULATORY
Same data as the API response, which is open and needs no key. The full per-record source list is available to authenticated callers.
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