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Iron oxide

CAS 1332-37-2

Also registered as 7 other CAS numbers

8075-66-9 · 1198473-26-5 · 1701487-83-3 · 1820799-17-4 · 2038179-84-7 · 2114385-10-1 · 2242797-76-6

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Iron oxide in plain language

What it is

Also known as Ancor FR · Ancor FY · Auvico AX 1000 · Ep-a 0014382 · Ferroxon 422 · Ferroxon 430

Show all 15 names

Ferroxon 510 · Gastromark · Red Iron Oxide · Red Pigment · iron oxide (mfr cas 1317-61-9) · iron oxide (pigment) (nuisance dust) · iron oxide (vapor pressure 0 mm hg) · iron oxide red · iron oxide.

What it does

Used in consumer products as a colourant.

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

Regulation

No restrictions found. Iron oxide 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 9732 composition records across product categories including Home maintenance, Construction and building materials, Furniture and furnishings. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Dye, tile body, Surface modifier.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 9732 composition records across product categories including Home maintenance, Construction and building materials, Furniture and furnishings. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Dye, tile body, Surface modifier.Source →

Evidence & sources

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

2 data sources

Where this comes from

  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated october 15, 2019

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  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

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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 Iron oxide in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

9,732

Named organisations

6

Home maintenanceConstruction and building materialsFurniture and furnishingsCleaning products and household careRaw materialsElectronics/small appliances

Typical roles

Colourant
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Catalog

Found in these products

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