Resmethrin can cause cancer and developmental toxicity according to The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII Z6PN6KTG4K · registered name RESMETHRIN · mixture
Resmethrin can cause cancer and developmental toxicity according to The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Source: PubChem
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
Korea’s toxic-substance GHS classification: Warning · H400 (category 1) · H410 (category 1) · H302 (category 4)
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 10453-86-8
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 233-940-7
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID7022253
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID302253
- IUPAC
- (5-Benzylfuran-3-yl)methyl 2,2-dimethyl-3-(2-methylprop-1-en-1-yl)cyclopropane-1-carboxylate
- Molecular formula
- C22H26O3
- Molecular weight
- 338.447 g/mol
What products actually use it for
What the 11 products reported to the US EPA with this ingredient use it for. Products outside cosmetics are included, so the top few rows are its main uses.
- Biocide11
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
2 skin studies and 1 eye studies are on record.
The study conclusions largely agree (100%). These tests are on the raw material itself; irritation at the amount in a finished product is a different question.
See all 3 studies
- Not classified
Skin Irritation · Screening - Classification not possible
Skin Sensitization · Screening - Classification not possible
Eye Irritation · Screening
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
- Safety prediction of topically exposed biocides using permeability coefficients and the desquamation rate at the stratum corneum. · 2014
- Resistance management of Musca domestica to deltamethrin · 2007
- Assessment of Anopheles quadrimaculatus response to permethrin and resmethrin by topical application. · 1994
- Toxicity of three isomeric mixtures of resmethrin to resistant and susceptible house flies (Diptera: Muscidae). · 1984
- The cross‐resistance to pyrethrins and eight synthetic pyrethroids, of an organophosphorus‐resistant strain of the rust‐red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum (herbst) · 1980
Linked databases 14
- ChEBI
- ChEMBL
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- NIST Chemistry WebBook
- PubChem
- Tlooto literature search 2 3 4 5
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US EPA CompTox dashboard 2
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database
- US FDA substance registration (GSRS)
- US FDA Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII)
- Wikidata
- Wikipedia · English · Chinese