Methoxychlor
CAS: 72-43-5 | Type: organic_pollutant
Low To Moderate Risk (Adults)
Safety Summary
Hazard Profilehazardous
Risk (Adults)Low To Moderate
Risk (Children)Moderate
Regulatory Status
SummaryIARC: Group 3 | 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 FormulaC16H15Cl3O2
Molecular Weight345.6
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.
- US EPA Methoxychlor Voluntary Cancellation — Endocrine Disruption Concerns, HPTE Estrogenic Metabolite, Registration Review Decision, 2003 REGULATORY · 2003
- ATSDR Toxicological Profile: Methoxychlor — Estrogenic Activity, Reproductive Toxicity, Endocrine Disruption, Aquatic Toxicity, Environmental Fate REGULATORY · 2002
- Skinner et al.: Transgenerational Epigenetic Actions of Methoxychlor — Altered DNA Methylation in Reproductive Tissues, Multi-generational Effects, Endocrine Disruption Mechanism STUDY · 2005
- § 1910.1000 Air contaminants. REGULATORY
- IARC Monographs, List of Classifications REGULATORY · 2026
- Methoxychlor | CASRN 72-43-5 | DTXSID9020827 | IRIS | US EPA, ORD REGULATORY
- NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards - Methoxychlor REGULATORY
- Computational Toxicology and Exposure APIs: Data Domains (EPA CCTE) REGULATORY
- CompTox Chemicals Dashboard: Release Notes (EPA) REGULATORY
- Stockholm Convention: The New POPs (the Convention's own index of listed chemicals) REGULATORY
- PubChem computed properties for CID 4115 (computed, not measured; as recorded by PubChem) DATABASE · 2026
- where to look PubChem: Toxicity section (CID 4115) PUBCHEM
- ES/ER/TM-86/R3 Toxicological Benchmarks for Wildlife: 1996 Revision (DOE/ORNL) STUDY
- Methoxychlor; CASRN 72-43-5: IRIS Chemical Assessment Summary ASSESSMENT
- Permissible Exposure Limits – OSHA Annotated Table Z-1 REGULATORY
- Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants: text with Annexes (2025 English) REGULATORY
- 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
- OEHHA Proposition 65 List of Carcinogens or Reproductive Toxicants (CSV, list date 31-Jul-26) REGULATORY
- where to look CAMEO Chemicals, as recorded by PubChem (Experimental Properties, CID 4115; 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 4115; where-to-look, not a source of this value) DATABASE · 2026
- where to look ILO-WHO International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs), as recorded by PubChem (Experimental Properties, CID 4115; where-to-look, not a source of this value) DATABASE · 2026
- EPA CompTox CTX API: predicted properties for DTXSID9020827 (Methoxychlor) REFERENCE
- PubChem computed structure descriptors for CID 4115 (computed, not measured; as recorded by PubChem) DATABASE · 2026
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