# Potassium

URL: https://app.greenveil.ai/ingredients/ingredient_dtxsid_dtxsid9049748
Categories: beauty, cleaning, food, industrial, pharma
Identifier: DTXSID9049748

> Potassium. EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 116 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies, Specialty occupational products, Construction and building materials. Compiled from 6 published data sources.

## Safety assessment

- Chemical concern: not yet assessed
- Is it a concern? We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.
- Rationale: EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 116 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies, Specialty occupational products, Construction and building materials.

## Regulatory status

- US: commercial use observed — EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 116 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies, Specialty occupational products, Construction and building materials.
- US: marketed drug occurrence — FDA NDC lists this ingredient in 4 active drug products and 5 total products.
- US: listed in openFDA substance — openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.

## Expert safety opinions

- SCCS (EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety): no opinion on file.
- CIR (Cosmetic Ingredient Review (US expert panel)): no opinion on file.
- JECFA (Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives): no opinion on file.
- EFSA (European Food Safety Authority): no opinion on file.

## Data sources

- EPA Chemical and Products Database (updated September 2013): http://siri.org/msds/f2/bzq/bzqjt.html
- 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 National Drug Code Directory (updated 2027-11-18): https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-approvals-and-databases/national-drug-code-directory-support-files
- 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:RWP5GA015D
- PubChem Live Enrichment (updated 2026-05-17): https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/5462222

_Assessed by Greenveil._