Xylene
CAS 1330-20-7·9 listings across 4 jurisdictions.
Also known as XYLENE, Xylenes, Xylene (all isomers), Xylene (all isomers)15 … +3 more
- CAS
- 1330-20-7
Regulatory
Status
9 entries across 4 jurisdictions. Sourced from EU, US, UK and international regulatory databases.
Overall compliance
High-concern classification in 2 of 9 frameworks, across 4 jurisdictions.
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The U.S. TSCA Inventory; a listing means the substance is an existing chemical permitted in U.S. commerce.
{
"name": "Benzene, dimethyl-",
"flags": "",
"status": "active",
"cas_number": "1330-20-7",
"risk_level": "low"
}View →Hide ↑
FDA indirect food additives (21 CFR); a listing means the substance is permitted in food-contact materials under defined conditions.
{
"source": "FDA Indirect Additives (21 CFR 175-178)",
"cas_number": "1330-20-7",
"chemical_name": "XYLENE"
}View →Hide ↑
Hazardous air pollutants under the U.S. Clean Air Act; a listing means emissions of the substance are federally regulated.
{
"notes": "",
"cas_number": "1330-20-7",
"chemical_name": "Xylenes (isomers and mixture)"
}View →Hide ↑
EPA's Toxics Release Inventory; a listing means facilities must publicly report releases and transfers of the substance.
{
"notes": "Solvent",
"category": "individually_listed",
"cas_number": "1330-20-7",
"chemical_name": "Xylene (mixed isomers)"
}View →Hide ↑
{
"source": "EU REACH Registered Substances (ECHA CHEM)",
"ec_number": "215-535-7",
"cas_number": "1330-20-7",
"chemical_name": "Xylene"
}View →Hide ↑
The WHO/IARC carcinogen classification; a listing assigns the substance a cancer-hazard group, e.g. Group 1 (carcinogenic to humans).
{
"source": "IARC Monographs",
"volume": "47, 71",
"cas_number": "1330-20-7",
"iarc_group": "3",
"chemical_name": "Xylenes",
"evaluation_year": "1998"
}View →Hide ↑
Canada's pollutant-release inventory; a listing means facilities must publicly report releases and transfers of the substance.
{
"source": "Canada National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI)",
"cas_number": "1330-20-7",
"identifier": "1330-20-7",
"publication": "https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/national-pollutant-release-inventory/report/legal-requirements-gazette-notices.html - Notices with respect to substances in the National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI)",
"identifier_2": "",
"chemical_name": "Xylene (all isomers)",
"additional_information": "This substance is listed in the NPRI with the following note: Total of all isomers of xylene: m-xylene (CAS RN 108-38-3), o-xylene (CAS RN 95-47-6) and p-xylene (CAS RN 106-42-3).\n\nNPRI Part (threshold category): 5\nThreshold for reporting to NPRI: 1 tonne released to air\nConcentration threshold: None\nThis substance has been reportable to the NPRI since: 2003\n\nFor more information, see the NPRI website (https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/pollution-waste-management/national-pollutant-release-inventory.html)."
}View →Hide ↑
Canada's pollutant-release inventory; a listing means facilities must publicly report releases and transfers of the substance.
{
"source": "Canada National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI)",
"cas_number": "1330-20-7",
"identifier": "1330-20-7",
"publication": "https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/national-pollutant-release-inventory/report/legal-requirements-gazette-notices.html - Notices with respect to substances in the National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI)",
"identifier_2": "",
"chemical_name": "Xylene (all isomers)15",
"additional_information": "NPRI Part (threshold category): 1A\nThreshold for reporting to NPRI: 10 tonnes manufactured, processed or otherwise used\nConcentration threshold: 1%\nThis substance has been reportable to the NPRI since: 1993\n\nFor more information, see the NPRI website (https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/pollution-waste-management/national-pollutant-release-inventory.html)."
}View →Hide ↑
Canada's inventory of substances already in commerce; a listing means it can be manufactured or imported without new-substance notification.
{
"source": "Canada Domestic Substances List (DSL)",
"cas_number": "1330-20-7",
"identifier": "1330-20-7",
"publication": "Canada Gazette Part II, Vol. 128, No. 9, May 4, 1994, SOR/94-311 (http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=cangaz&id=14339&lang=eng)",
"identifier_2": "",
"chemical_name": "Benzene, dimethyl-",
"additional_information": "This substance is on the Domestic Substances List (DSL). \n \nThis substance was added to the DSL as an “Existing Substance” given that it meets the criteria set out in the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 for substances that were in commerce in Canada between 1984 and 1986."
}