Diethyl phthalate
CAS: 84-66-2 | Type: plasticizer
Low Risk (Adults)
Safety Summary
Hazard Profilehazardous
Risk (Adults)Low
Risk (Children)Low
Regulatory Status
SummaryNo major regulatory flags
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 FormulaC12H14O4
Molecular Weight222.24
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 IRIS Diethyl Phthalate: Group D Not Classifiable; Oral RfD 0.8 mg/kg/day; Not Antiandrogenic; FDA Cosmetic Safety; EU Cosmetics No Restriction; EFSA Cumulative TDI Exclusion REGULATORY · 2009
- FDA Cosmetic Ingredient Safety Diethyl Phthalate DEP: No Restriction; NHANES Urinary MEP Biomonitoring; Low Reproductive Toxicity Concern vs DEHP DBP; Not in EU Annex XVII Restrictions REGULATORY · 2020
- Diethyl phthalate (DEP) | CASRN 84-66-2 | DTXSID7021780 | 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 6781) PUBCHEM
- Computational Toxicology and Exposure APIs: Data Domains (EPA CCTE) REGULATORY
- CompTox Chemicals Dashboard: Release Notes (EPA) REGULATORY
- NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards - Diethyl phthalate REGULATORY
- ES/ER/TM-86/R3 Toxicological Benchmarks for Wildlife: 1996 Revision (DOE/ORNL) STUDY
- Toxicological Profile for Diethyl Phthalate (ATSDR) ASSESSMENT
- EPA ToxRefDB 3.0 point-of-departure release (pod.csv) DATABASE
- PubChem computed properties for CID 6781 (computed, not measured; as recorded by PubChem) DATABASE · 2026
- 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 6781; 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 6781; where-to-look, not a source of this value) DATABASE · 2026
- EPA CompTox CTX API: predicted properties for DTXSID7021780 (Diethyl phthalate) REFERENCE
- PubChem computed structure descriptors for CID 6781 (computed, not measured; as recorded by PubChem) DATABASE · 2026
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