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Sodium hydrosulfide

CAS 16721-80-5

Also registered as 5 other CAS numbers

115694-77-4 · 1310-76-5 · 64568-18-9 · 111883-06-8 · 2267987-01-7

Sodium hydrosulfide chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Sodium hydrosulfide in plain language

What it is

Also known as Sodium bisulfide · Sodium bisulphide · sodium sulfanide · Hidrosulfuro sodics · Hydrogen sodium sulfide · Hydrogenosulfure de sodium

Show all 26 names

NA2922 · Natrium-hydrogensulfid · Na(SH) · NaHS · Natriumhydrogensulfid · Sodium hydrosulphide · Sodium hydrogen sulfide · Sodium hydrogen sulfide (NaHS) · Sodium hydrosulfide (Na(HS)) · Sodium mercaptan · Sodium mercaptide · Sodium sulfide (Na(HS)) · Sodium sulfide (Na(SH)) · hidrogenosulfuro de sodio · sodium hydrosulfide (sara iii) · sodium hydrosulfide (cercla) · sodium sulfhydrate · sodium sulfide · Sodium hydrosulfide solution · Sodium hydrosulphide solution

What it does

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

Recorded functional uses: Filler

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

Regulation

No restrictions found. Sodium hydrosulfide appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Beauty
  • Cleaning
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 18 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies, Personal care, Raw materials. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Filler.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 18 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies, Personal care, Raw materials. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Filler.Source →
  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.Source →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Sodium hydrosulfide. These are the independent scientific bodies that assess ingredients like this one; we show an opinion only when a record we hold cites it.

  • SCCS

    EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety

    No SCCS opinion on file.

  • CIR

    Cosmetic Ingredient Review (US expert panel)

    No CIR safety assessment on file.

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Sodium hydrosulfide 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 august 17, 2018

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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

    Open →
  • 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 Sodium hydrosulfide in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

18

Named organisations

5

Laboratory suppliesPersonal careRaw materialsCleaning and safety

Typical roles

Filler
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