Tetrafluoroethylene (TFE)

Safety Summary

Regulatory Status

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 Vols 19, 71 and 110, Supplement 7 (2017): Tetrafluoroethylene Group 2A Probably Carcinogenic; Teflon PTFE Monomer; Hepatocellular Renal Carcinomas Animals; Epoxidation TFEC Nephrotoxic Carcinogenic Metabolite; Historical PFOA Co-Production APFO; Polymer Fume Fever PTFE Pyrolysis; PFIB IDLH 0.1 ppm REGULATORY · 2017
• 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
• 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 8301) PUBCHEM
• Computational Toxicology and Exposure APIs: Data Domains (EPA CCTE) REGULATORY
• CompTox Chemicals Dashboard: Release Notes (EPA) REGULATORY
• Permissible Exposure Limits – OSHA Annotated Table Z-1 REGULATORY
• PubChem computed properties for CID 8301 (computed, not measured; as recorded by PubChem) DATABASE · 2026
• where to look CAMEO Chemicals, as recorded by PubChem (Experimental Properties, CID 8301; 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 8301; 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 8301; where-to-look, not a source of this value) DATABASE · 2026
• where to look PAC Chemical Database, U.S. Department of Energy, as recorded by PubChem (Experimental Properties, CID 8301; where-to-look, not a source of this value) DATABASE · 2026
• EPA CompTox CTX API: predicted properties for DTXSID6021325 (Tetrafluoroethylene (TFE)) REFERENCE
• ECHA Annex VI to CLP: the unofficial Excel table (up to and including the 23rd ATP) REGULATORY
• PubChem computed structure descriptors for CID 8301 (computed, not measured; as recorded by PubChem) DATABASE · 2026

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