# Methacrylic acid

URL: https://app.greenveil.ai/ingredients/ingredient_dtxsid_dtxsid3025542
Categories: beauty, industrial
Functions: Adhesion/cohesion promoter, Film former, acrylates / methacrylates monomers, acrylates / methacrylates monomers>mono, acrylics & acrylic copolymers, acrylics & acrylic copolymers>vinyl acrylics & vinyl acrylic copolymers (vac), component of finish., monoacids, phenolics
Identifier: DTXSID3025542

> Methacrylic acid is used as adhesion/cohesion promoter / film former. EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 204 composition records across product categories including Construction and building materials, Construction, Industrial products. Compiled from 5 published data sources.

## Safety assessment

- Chemical concern: not yet assessed
- Rationale: EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 204 composition records across product categories including Construction and building materials, Construction, Industrial products.

## Regulatory status

- US: commercial use observed — EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 204 composition records across product categories including Construction and building materials, Construction, Industrial products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Film former, Adhesion/cohesion promoter, component of finish..
- US: listed in openFDA substance — openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.

## Data sources

- EPA Chemical and Products Database (updated November 2016): https://living-future.org/declare-products/wellbac-comfort-plus-uk/
- EPA DSSTox Identifiers (updated 2025-12-29): https://epa.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Chemistry_Dashboard_Data_DSSTox_Identifiers_Mapped_to_CAS_Numbers_and_Names/5588566
- FDA GSRS UNII (updated 2026-02-26): https://precision.fda.gov/uniisearch/
- openFDA Substance (updated 2026-05-24): https://api.fda.gov/other/substance.json?search=unii:1CS02G8656
- PubChem Live Enrichment (updated 2026-05-17): https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/4093

_Assessed by Greenveil._