p,p'-DDE (dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene)
CAS: 72-55-9 | Type: monomer
High Risk (Adults)
Safety Summary
Hazard Profilehazardous
Risk (Adults)High
Risk (Children)High
Regulatory Status
SummaryCalifornia Prop 65 listed | EPA IRIS: Group B2 Probable Human Carcinogen
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 FormulaC14H8Cl4
Molecular Weight318
Sources
No citations are recorded specifically for the human adult context, so the record-wide source list is shown. It backs the record, not this particular band.
- IARC Monographs Volume 53: p,p'-DDE — Group 2B; animal carcinogenicity data; inadequate human evidence; DDT metabolite persistence; wildlife eggshell thinning mechanism IARC_MONOGRAPH · 1991
- US EPA IRIS: DDT/DDE/DDD — Cancer Classification Likely Human Carcinogen; Biomonitoring Data; Anti-androgenic Mechanism; Fish Consumption Guidelines REGULATORY · 2000
- CDC NHANES: Serum DDE Biomonitoring in the US Population — Near-Universal Exposure, Declining Trend Post-DDT Ban, Racial and Geographic Disparities, Association with DDT Malaria Control Regions REGULATORY · 2019
- ATSDR Toxicological Profile for DDT, DDE, and DDD (CERCLA Substance Priority List top-15; lipophilic-bioaccumulation framework + breast-milk + adipose + serum-half-life + maternal-fetal-transfer cohort framework + decades-long elimination) REGULATORY · 2022
- Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs): Text and Annexes, revised in 2025 REGULATORY · 2025
- NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards — DDT (parent compound; REL 0.5 mg/m³ TWA; 'Ca' carcinogen designation; cohort framework extends to DDE metabolite via half-life kinetics) REGULATORY · 2019
- Cohn BA, Wolff MS, Cirillo PM, Sholtz RI — DDT and breast cancer in young women: new data on the significance of age at exposure (canonical CHDS California cohort framework driving IARC-113 estrogen-receptor + endocrine-disruptor pathway) STUDY · 2007
- PROPOSITION 65 LIST OF CARCINOGENS OR REPRODUCTIVE TOXICANTS REGULATORY · 2026
- p,p'-Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) | CASRN 72-55-9 | DTXSID9020374 | IRIS | US EPA, ORD REGULATORY
- where to look PubChem: Toxicity section (CID 3035) PUBCHEM
- Computational Toxicology and Exposure APIs: Data Domains (EPA CCTE) REGULATORY
- CompTox Chemicals Dashboard: Release Notes (EPA) REGULATORY
- Stockholm Convention: All POPs (the Convention's own list of listed chemicals, Annexes A, B and C) REGULATORY
- EPA ToxRefDB 3.0 point-of-departure release (pod.csv) DATABASE
- where to look EPA ECOTOX Knowledgebase ASCII release ecotox_ascii_09_15_2026 DATABASE
- 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
- Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants: text with Annexes (2025 English) REGULATORY
- where to look CAMEO Chemicals, as recorded by PubChem (Experimental Properties, CID 3035; where-to-look, not a source of this value) DATABASE · 2026
- where to look Haz-Map, Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases, as recorded by PubChem (Experimental Properties, CID 3035; 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 3035; where-to-look, not a source of this value) DATABASE · 2026
- Toxicological Profile for DDT, DDE, and DDD (ATSDR, April 2022) ASSESSMENT
- EPA CompTox CTX API: predicted properties for DTXSID9020374 (p,p'-DDE (dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene)) REFERENCE
- PubChem computed structure descriptors for CID 3035 (computed, not measured; as recorded by PubChem) DATABASE · 2026
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