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Phosphorous acid

CAS 10294-56-1

Also registered as 1 other CAS number

858711-57-6

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Phosphorous acid in plain language

What it is

Also known as Caswell No. 663I · Chemical Abstracts Index Name · PC-076002

What it does

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

Recorded functional uses: Oxidizing agent

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

Regulation

No restrictions found. Phosphorous acid appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 3 composition records across product categories including unclassified products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Oxidizing agent.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 3 composition records across product categories including unclassified products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Oxidizing agent.Source →

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Phosphorous acid 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 May 2008

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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 Phosphorous acid in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

3

Named organisations

5

Typical roles

Oxidizing agent
See products using Phosphorous acid →