Melamine
CAS: 108-78-1 | Type: monomer
Moderate Risk (Adults)
Safety Summary
Hazard Profilehazardous
Risk (Adults)Moderate
Risk (Children)Moderate To High
Regulatory Status
SummaryIARC: Group 2B | REACH SVHC (Candidate List)
Molecular FormulaC3H6N6
Molecular Weight126.12
Food Safety Thresholds (Baby Food)
European Union — Infant FormulaNo level set (binding maximum)
Governance status, not safety advice — see the full coverage-gap & legal-force matrix.
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 73 and 119 (2019): Melamine Group 2B Possibly Carcinogenic; Bladder Tumors Rats Indirect Crystal Calculi Mechanism; 2008 China Infant Formula Melamine Cyanuric Acid Renal Failure 300,000 Infants; FDA 2.5 ppm Food 1 ppm Infant Formula Tolerance; MF Tableware Migration REGULATORY · 2019
- IARC Monographs, List of Classifications REGULATORY · 2026
- 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 7955) PUBCHEM
- Computational Toxicology and Exposure APIs: Data Domains (EPA CCTE) REGULATORY
- CompTox Chemicals Dashboard: Release Notes (EPA) REGULATORY
- EPA ToxRefDB 3.0 point-of-departure release (pod.csv) DATABASE
- PubChem computed properties for CID 7955 (computed, not measured; as recorded by PubChem) DATABASE · 2026
- where to look EPA ECOTOX Knowledgebase ASCII release ecotox_ascii_09_15_2026 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 7955; 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 7955; where-to-look, not a source of this value) DATABASE · 2026
- EPA CompTox CTX API: predicted properties for DTXSID6020802 (Melamine) REFERENCE
- ECHA Annex VI to CLP: the unofficial Excel table (up to and including the 23rd ATP) REGULATORY
- PubChem computed structure descriptors for CID 7955 (computed, not measured; as recorded by PubChem) DATABASE · 2026
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