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p-Xylene

CAS 106-42-3

Also registered as 1 other CAS number

136777-61-2

p-Xylene chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

p-Xylene in plain language

What it is

Also known as 4-XYLENE · 1,4-Xylene · 1,4-Dimethyl-benzene · 1,4-Dimethylbenzene · 1,4-Dimethylbenzol · 4-Methyltoluene

Show all 16 names

Benzene, 1,4-dimethyl- · Chromar · Scintillar · p-Dimethylbenzene · p-Methyltoluene · p-Xylol · p-xylene (ah012) · p-xylene (p-dimethylbenzene) (sara iii) · para-xylene · paraxylene

What it does

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

Recorded functional uses: Cycloolefins

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

Regulation

No restrictions found. p-Xylene appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Cleaning
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 254 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies, Specialty occupational products, Cleaning products and household care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including cycloolefins.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 254 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies, Specialty occupational products, Cleaning products and household care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including cycloolefins.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 p-Xylene yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

5 data sources

Where this comes from

  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated jan 24 1989

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  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

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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 p-Xylene in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

254

Named organisations

4

Laboratory suppliesSpecialty occupational productsCleaning products and household careRaw materialsHome maintenanceBatteries

Typical roles

Cycloolefins
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