Hexachloroethane
CAS: 67-72-1
High Risk (Adults)
Safety Summary
Hazard Profilehazardous
Risk (Adults)High
Regulatory Status
SummaryIARC: Group 2B | California Prop 65 listed
Molecular FormulaC2Cl6
Molecular Weight236.7
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 73: Hexachloroethane — Group 2B; Hepatocellular Carcinomas in Female Mice; Inadequate Human Evidence; Metal Refining and Military Smoke Applications IARC_MONOGRAPH · 1999
- ATSDR Toxicological Profile: Hexachloroethane — Hepatotoxicity, Carcinogenicity in Mice, Military Smoke Munitions, Aluminum Refining Exposure, Aquatic Bioaccumulation REGULATORY · 1996
- § 1910.1000 Air contaminants. REGULATORY
- 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
- Hexachloroethane | CASRN 67-72-1 | DTXSID7020689 | IRIS | US EPA, ORD 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 6214) PUBCHEM
- NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards: Hexachloroethane (npgd0316) REGULATORY
- 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
- Stockholm Convention: The New POPs (the Convention's own index of listed chemicals) REGULATORY
- Toxicological Profile for Hexachloroethane (ATSDR) ASSESSMENT
- Hexachloroethane (HCE); CASRN: 67-72-1): IRIS Chemical Assessment Summary ASSESSMENT
- Permissible Exposure Limits – OSHA Annotated Table Z-1 REGULATORY
- where to look EPA ECOTOX Knowledgebase ASCII release ecotox_ascii_09_15_2026 DATABASE
- where to look CAMEO Chemicals, as recorded by PubChem (Experimental Properties, CID 6214; 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 6214; where-to-look, not a source of this value) DATABASE · 2026
- where to look Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), as recorded by PubChem (Experimental Properties, CID 6214; where-to-look, not a source of this value) DATABASE · 2026
- EPA CompTox CTX API: predicted properties for DTXSID7020689 (Hexachloroethane) REFERENCE
- PubChem computed structure descriptors for CID 6214 (computed, not measured; as recorded by PubChem) DATABASE · 2026
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