Ethylbenzene
CAS: 100-41-4 | Type: solvent
Moderate To High Risk (Adults)
Safety Summary
Hazard Profilehazardous
Risk (Adults)Moderate To High
Regulatory Status
SummaryIARC: Group 2B | California Prop 65 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 FormulaC8H10
Molecular Weight106.16
Sources
These citations are the ones recorded for the human adult context.
- IARC Monograph Vol 77: Ethylbenzene — Group 2B possibly carcinogenic; hepatocellular/renal tumors in rodents; inadequate human evidence; BTEX co-exposure; styrene feedstock (2000) REGULATORY · 2000
- NIOSH Pocket Guide: Ethylbenzene — REL 100 ppm; ototoxicity cochlear damage; ACGIH TLV 20 ppm; noise potentiation; audiometric surveillance; petroleum product exposure; urinary mandelic acid biomarker (2019) REGULATORY · 2019
- PROPOSITION 65 LIST OF CARCINOGENS OR REPRODUCTIVE TOXICANTS REGULATORY · 2026
- IARC Monographs, List of Classifications REGULATORY · 2026
- Ethylbenzene | CASRN 100-41-4 | DTXSID3020596 | IRIS | US EPA, ORD REGULATORY
- 29 CFR 1910.1000, Tables Z-1 and Z-2 (eCFR editorial compilation, as of 2026-09-22) REGULATORY
- NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards: Ethyl benzene REGULATORY
- Federal Contaminated Site Risk Assessment in Canada, Part II: Health Canada Toxicological Reference Values (TRVs) and Chemical-Specific Factors, Version 2.0 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 7500) PUBCHEM
- Consolidated TEXT: 32000L0039 — EN — 20.05.2021 REGULATORY
- 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 Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB), as recorded by PubChem (Experimental Properties, CID 7500; where-to-look, not a source of this value) DATABASE · 2026
- EPA CompTox CTX API: predicted properties for DTXSID3020596 (Ethylbenzene) 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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