Polysorbate 80 (Tween 80) Safety Profile

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)

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.

FDA 21 CFR 172.840 Polysorbate 80 Food Additive 1%; EFSA ADI 25 mg/kg bw/day E433; Taxol IV Anaphylaxis Premedication; mRNA Vaccine PEG Sensitization; Chassaing 2015 Gut Microbiome Disruption; No IARC NTP EPA EFSA Carcinogenicity Classification REGULATORY · 2019
Computational Toxicology and Exposure APIs: Data Domains (EPA CCTE) REGULATORY
CompTox Chemicals Dashboard: Release Notes (EPA) REGULATORY
OEHHA Proposition 65 List of Carcinogens or Reproductive Toxicants (CSV, list date 31-Jul-26) REGULATORY
Permissible Exposure Limits – OSHA Annotated Table Z-1 REGULATORY
EPA ToxRefDB 3.0 point-of-departure release (pod.csv) DATABASE
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

Same data as the API response, which is open and needs no key. The full per-record source list is available to authenticated callers.

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Polysorbate 80 (Tween 80)

Safety Summary

Regulatory Status

Sources

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