PARAQUAT

CHEMICAL PROFILES|Chemical Profile

Chemical:	PARAQUAT
CAS Number:	1910-42-5

Chemical Profile for PARAQUAT (CAS Number: 1910-42-5)

Human Health Hazards

Hazard Rankings

Chemical Use Profile

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Regulatory Coverage

Basic Testing to Identify Chemical Hazards

Information Needed for Safety Assessment

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Human Health Hazards

Health Hazard Reference(s)

Recognized: --
Suspected: Carcinogen IRIS

Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicant KLAA

Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant DOSS MALA RTECS ZIMM

Kidney Toxicant HAZMAP KLAA MERCK RTECS STAC

Neurotoxicant DAN RTECS

Reproductive Toxicant FRAZIER

Respiratory Toxicant EPA-TRI FOTH HAZMAP RTECS

Skin or Sense Organ Toxicant HAZMAP

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Hazard Rankings

More hazardous than most chemicals in 2 out of 7 ranking systems.

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Chemical Use Profile

No data on industrial use in Scorecard.

Used in pesticide products.

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Rank Chemicals by Reported Environmental Releases in the United States

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Regulatory Coverage

On at least 4 federal regulatory lists.

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Basic Testing to Identify Chemical Hazards

Information on whether basic tests to identify chemical hazards have been conducted on this chemical is not available in US EPA's 1998 hazard data availability study.

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Information Needed for Safety Assessment

Lacks at least some of the data required for safety assessment.

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Links

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Notes

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