Testing Information

Testing Status of Agents at NTP

CAS Registry Number: 50-00-0

Names (NTP)

  • Formaldehyde
  • FORMALIN

Selected information from two of the National Library of Medicine's databases: ChemIDPlus1 and HSDB2.

Structure

 Structure from NLM

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Chemical Properties2

  • None found.

Uses2

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Superlist Classes1

  • ATSDR Profile Priority List, rank : 247
  • Ceiling (0.3 ppm); Sensitizer; Suspected human carcinogen
  • Overall Carcinogenic Evaluation: Group 1
  • Reasonably anticipated to be a carcinogen
  • Reportable Quantity (RQ) = 100 lb
  • Threshold Planning Quantity (TPQ) = 500 lb
  • TWA see 1910.1048

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Notes (Sources: NTP,HSDB,RTECS,MESH)1

  • None found

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Other Registry Numbers1

  • 112068-71-0
  • 8005-38-7
  • 8006-07-3
  • 8013-13-6

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Synonyms (Sources: NTP, HSDB,RTECS,MESH)1

  • BFV
  • Dormol
  • Fannoform
  • Formaldehyde, gas
  • Formaldehyde solution
  • Formalin
  • Formalin 40
  • Formalith
  • Formic aldehyde
  • Formol
  • FYDE
  • HSDB 164
  • Lysoform
  • Methaldehyde
  • Methanal
  • Methyl aldehyde
  • Methylene oxide
  • Morbicid
  • NCI-C02799
  • Oxomethane
  • Oxymethylene
  • Paraform
  • RCRA waste number U122
  • Superlysoform

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Links to Additional Information1

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Footnotes

1 Source: the National Library of Medicine's ChemIDPlus, 10/28/2007.

2 Source: the National Library of Medicine's Hazardous Substance Database, 10/28/2007.