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Lanthanum

CAS 7439-91-0

Also registered as 3 other CAS numbers

14762-71-1 · 110123-48-3 · 881842-02-0

Lanthanum chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Lanthanum in plain language

What it is

Also known as 57La · Contains 1% La (from lanthanum oxide) in 2% HCl · Lanthan · Lanthane · Lanthanum - La @ 1000 microg/g in Hydrocarbon Oil · Lanthanum Metallicum

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Lanthanum Standard: La @ 1000 microg/mL in 5% HNO3 · Lanthanum carbonate (USAN) · Lanthanum carbonate hydrate (JAN) · Lanthanum ingot · Lanthanum ion(2 ) · Lanthanum, ion (La2 ) · la · lantano · lanthanum %: 10 ppm · lanthanum (la) · lanthanum atom · lanthanum(2+) · lanthanum (as dust)

What it does

We don't have a plain-language description for Lanthanum yet.

Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Lanthanum appears in these published regulatory listings.

  • In marketed US drugs

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 41 composition records across product categories including Furniture and furnishings, Construction and building materials, Batteries.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 41 composition records across product categories including Furniture and furnishings, Construction and building materials, Batteries.Source →
  • USFDAmarketed drug occurrenceFDA NDC lists this ingredient in 16 active drug products and 24 total products.
    • FDA NDC lists this ingredient in 16 active drug products and 24 total products.Source →
  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.Source →

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Lanthanum yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

6 data sources

Where this comes from

  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated 2020-02-05

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  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

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  • FDA National Drug Code Directory

    regulatory · updated 2029-06-13

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  • FDA GSRS UNII

    registry · updated 2026-02-26

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  • openFDA Substance

    registry · updated 2026-05-24

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  • PubChem Live Enrichment

    chemistry · updated 2026-05-17

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Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Where it has been recorded

How often EPA CPDat has listed Lanthanum in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

41

Named organisations

2

Furniture and furnishingsConstruction and building materialsBatteriesLaboratory supplies
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Catalog

Found in these products

Their ingredient lists include Lanthanum; each product's own rating depends on its whole formula, so it is shown on the product page, not here.