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Alkanes

CAS 308061-45-2

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Alkanes in plain language

What it does

Used in consumer products as a solvent.

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

Regulation

No restrictions found. Alkanes 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 Pesticides. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Solvent, Solubility enhancer.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 3 composition records across product categories including Pesticides. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Solvent, Solubility enhancer.Source →

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Alkanes 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 Nov 2018

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

Source records

3

Named organisations

4

Pesticides

Typical roles

Solvent
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