CAS 108-88-3
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We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: 1 Jan 2025; Packaged food and beverages: 7 Oct 2026; Consumer electronics and small appliances: 1 Jan 2025; Batteries, e-bikes and power banks: 1 Oct 2026), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
Warning required when exposure exceeds the threshold (MADL (µg/day): 7000). In force since 1 Jan 1992.
- Chemical
- Toluene
- Type of toxicity
- developmental toxicity
- Listed by
- the State's Qualified Experts (SQE)
- CAS No.
- 108-88-3
- Date listed
- 1 Jan 1991
- NSRL or MADL (µg/day)
- 7000c
Prop 65 list row: Toluene · fetched 2026-10-08
California OEHHA: 27 CCR 27001(opens in a new tab)We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: 1 Jan 2025), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025, and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025, and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: 1 Jan 2025), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: 1 Jan 2025), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: 1 Jan 2025), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: 1 Jan 2025), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025, and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: 1 Jan 2025), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025, and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: 1 Jan 2025; Batteries, e-bikes and power banks: 16 Sep 2023), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: not covered; Consumer electronics and small appliances: 1 Jan 2025), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025, and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
For Cosmetics and personal care: Banned. Takes effect 1 Jul 2027.
“(15) styrene (CAS 100-42-5); (16) octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (CAS 556-67-2); and (17) toluene (CAS 108-88-3).”
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: 1 Jan 2025), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
For Nail products: Label required. In force, start date unknown.
“Keep out of reach of children To be used by adults only”
For Nail products: Limit 25 % (content basis). In force, start date unknown.
From the consolidated text: Benzene, methyl- · Toluene · 108-88-3 · 203-625-9 · Nail products · 25 %
Annex III entry 185 · fetched 2026-10-09
European Commission / Publications Office (CELLAR): Reg. (EC) 1223/2009 Annexes II-VI(opens in a new tab)For Nail products: Label required. In force, start date unknown.
“Keep out of reach of children To be used by adults only”
For Nail products: Limit 25 % (content basis). In force, start date unknown.
From the official list: Benzene, methyl- · Toluene · 108-88-3 · 203-625-9 · Nail products · 25 %
Annex III entry 185 · fetched 2026-10-10
The National Archives (legislation.gov.uk): Reg. (EC) 1223/2009 (retained) Annexes II-VI(opens in a new tab)We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: 12 Jul 2024; Packaged food and beverages: 1 Apr 2026; Consumer electronics and small appliances: 3 Sep 2026; Batteries, e-bikes and power banks: 1 Sep 2026), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
For Cosmetics and personal care: Banned. In force under the consolidated notice effective 18 Mar 2026; earlier versions are not in our data.
사용금지 in the table text, product scope not expressible with the registered attributes: 톨루엔 손발톱용 기타 제품류에 25% 제품에는 사용금지
From the official list: 톨루엔 · 손발톱용 · 기타 · 108-88-3
Schedule 2 기 타 톨루엔 · fetched 2026-10-09
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety / National Law Information Center (law.go.kr): 화장품 안전기준 등에 관한 규정 별표 1, 별표 2, 제6조(opens in a new tab)For Cosmetics and personal care: Limit 25 % (content basis). In force under the consolidated notice effective 18 Mar 2026; earlier versions are not in our data.
Conditions in the table text not expressible with the registered attributes: 톨루엔 손발톱용 기타 제품류에 25% 제품에는 사용금지
From the official list: 톨루엔 · 손발톱용 · 기타 · 108-88-3
Schedule 2 기 타 톨루엔 · fetched 2026-10-09
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety / National Law Information Center (law.go.kr): 화장품 안전기준 등에 관한 규정 별표 1, 별표 2, 제6조(opens in a new tab)For Kitchen and Tableware and drinkware: Limit 5000 mg/kg (content basis). In force under the consolidated notice effective 27 Mar 2026; earlier versions are not in our data.
“휘발성물질 (스티렌, 톨루엔, 에틸벤젠, 5,000 이하 이소프로필벤젠 및 n-프로필벤젠의 합)”
For Kitchen and Tableware and drinkware: Limit 5000 mg/kg (content basis). In force under the consolidated notice effective 27 Mar 2026; earlier versions are not in our data.
“5,000 이하 휘발성물질 (다만, 열탕을 사용하는 발포”
- Status
- No known rule
- Requirement, dates and source
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: 1 Jan 2025; Packaged food and beverages: 7 Oct 2026; Consumer electronics and small appliances: 1 Jan 2025; Batteries, e-bikes and power banks: 1 Oct 2026), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
- Status
- Warning required
- Requirement, dates and source
Warning required when exposure exceeds the threshold (MADL (µg/day): 7000). In force since 1 Jan 1992.
- Chemical
- Toluene
- Type of toxicity
- developmental toxicity
- Listed by
- the State's Qualified Experts (SQE)
- CAS No.
- 108-88-3
- Date listed
- 1 Jan 1991
- NSRL or MADL (µg/day)
- 7000c
Prop 65 list row: Toluene · fetched 2026-10-08
California OEHHA: 27 CCR 27001(opens in a new tab)
- Status
- No known rule
- Requirement, dates and source
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: 1 Jan 2025), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
- Status
- No known rule
- Requirement, dates and source
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025, and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
- Status
- No known rule
- Requirement, dates and source
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025, and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
- Status
- No known rule
- Requirement, dates and source
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: 1 Jan 2025), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
- Status
- No known rule
- Requirement, dates and source
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: 1 Jan 2025), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
- Status
- No known rule
- Requirement, dates and source
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: 1 Jan 2025), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
- Status
- No known rule
- Requirement, dates and source
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: 1 Jan 2025), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
- Status
- No known rule
- Requirement, dates and source
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025, and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
- Status
- No known rule
- Requirement, dates and source
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: 1 Jan 2025), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
- Status
- No known rule
- Requirement, dates and source
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025, and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
- Status
- No known rule
- Requirement, dates and source
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: 1 Jan 2025; Batteries, e-bikes and power banks: 16 Sep 2023), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
- Status
- No known rule
- Requirement, dates and source
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: not covered; Consumer electronics and small appliances: 1 Jan 2025), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
- Status
- No known rule
- Requirement, dates and source
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025, and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
- Status
- Not in force
- Requirement, dates and source
For Cosmetics and personal care: Banned. Takes effect 1 Jul 2027.
“(15) styrene (CAS 100-42-5); (16) octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (CAS 556-67-2); and (17) toluene (CAS 108-88-3).”
9 V.S.A. 2494b(a)(15)-(17) (Act 131 Sec. 2) · fetched 2026-10-08Vermont Legislature / Attorney General: 9 V.S.A. 2494a-2494c (2024 Act 131 Sec. 1-2)(opens in a new tab)
- Status
- No known rule
- Requirement, dates and source
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: 1 Jan 2025), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
- Status
- Limited
- Requirement, dates and source
For Nail products: Label required. In force, start date unknown.
“Keep out of reach of children To be used by adults only”
Annex III entry 185 (wording) (excerpt) · fetched 2026-10-09European Commission / Publications Office (CELLAR): Reg. (EC) 1223/2009 Annexes II-VI(opens in a new tab) For Nail products: Limit 25 % (content basis). In force, start date unknown.
From the consolidated text: Benzene, methyl- · Toluene · 108-88-3 · 203-625-9 · Nail products · 25 %
Annex III entry 185 · fetched 2026-10-09
European Commission / Publications Office (CELLAR): Reg. (EC) 1223/2009 Annexes II-VI(opens in a new tab)
- Status
- Limited
- Requirement, dates and source
For Nail products: Label required. In force, start date unknown.
“Keep out of reach of children To be used by adults only”
Annex III entry 185 (wording) (excerpt) · fetched 2026-10-10The National Archives (legislation.gov.uk): Reg. (EC) 1223/2009 (retained) Annexes II-VI(opens in a new tab) For Nail products: Limit 25 % (content basis). In force, start date unknown.
From the official list: Benzene, methyl- · Toluene · 108-88-3 · 203-625-9 · Nail products · 25 %
Annex III entry 185 · fetched 2026-10-10
The National Archives (legislation.gov.uk): Reg. (EC) 1223/2009 (retained) Annexes II-VI(opens in a new tab)
- Status
- No known rule
- Requirement, dates and source
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: 12 Jul 2024; Packaged food and beverages: 1 Apr 2026; Consumer electronics and small appliances: 3 Sep 2026; Batteries, e-bikes and power banks: 1 Sep 2026), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
- Status
- Banned
- Requirement, dates and source
For Cosmetics and personal care: Banned. In force under the consolidated notice effective 18 Mar 2026; earlier versions are not in our data.
사용금지 in the table text, product scope not expressible with the registered attributes: 톨루엔 손발톱용 기타 제품류에 25% 제품에는 사용금지
From the official list: 톨루엔 · 손발톱용 · 기타 · 108-88-3
Schedule 2 기 타 톨루엔 · fetched 2026-10-09
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety / National Law Information Center (law.go.kr): 화장품 안전기준 등에 관한 규정 별표 1, 별표 2, 제6조(opens in a new tab)For Cosmetics and personal care: Limit 25 % (content basis). In force under the consolidated notice effective 18 Mar 2026; earlier versions are not in our data.
Conditions in the table text not expressible with the registered attributes: 톨루엔 손발톱용 기타 제품류에 25% 제품에는 사용금지
From the official list: 톨루엔 · 손발톱용 · 기타 · 108-88-3
Schedule 2 기 타 톨루엔 · fetched 2026-10-09
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety / National Law Information Center (law.go.kr): 화장품 안전기준 등에 관한 규정 별표 1, 별표 2, 제6조(opens in a new tab)For Kitchen and Tableware and drinkware: Limit 5000 mg/kg (content basis). In force under the consolidated notice effective 27 Mar 2026; earlier versions are not in our data.
“휘발성물질 (스티렌, 톨루엔, 에틸벤젠, 5,000 이하 이소프로필벤젠 및 n-프로필벤젠의 합)”
Ⅴ. 1. 1-3 나. 2) 잔류규격 · fetched 2026-10-08Ministry of Food and Drug Safety / National Law Information Center: 식품의약품안전처 고시 제2026-24호 (2026-03-27), 식품위생법 제9조제1항(opens in a new tab) For Kitchen and Tableware and drinkware: Limit 5000 mg/kg (content basis). In force under the consolidated notice effective 27 Mar 2026; earlier versions are not in our data.
“5,000 이하 휘발성물질 (다만, 열탕을 사용하는 발포”
Ⅴ. 1. 1-3 마. 2) 잔류규격 · fetched 2026-10-08Ministry of Food and Drug Safety / National Law Information Center: 식품의약품안전처 고시 제2026-24호 (2026-03-27), 식품위생법 제9조제1항(opens in a new tab)
California
Prop 65 listing
California's list of chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm.
- Listing
- Listed 1991-01-01 (developmental). Grace period: "Proposition 65 warning requirements do not apply until 12 months after the chemical has been listed" (Appendix A); listing date plus 12 months.
- Warning applies from
- 1 Jan 1992
- Requirement
- Warning required when exposure exceeds the threshold (MADL (µg/day): 7000)
- Warning wording
- This product can expose you to Toluene, which is known to the State of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm. For more information go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.
- Chemical
- Toluene
- Type of toxicity
- developmental toxicity
- Listed by
- the State's Qualified Experts (SQE)
- CAS No.
- 108-88-3
- Date listed
- 1 Jan 1991
- NSRL or MADL (µg/day)
- 7000c
Prop 65 list row: Toluene · fetched 2026-10-08
California OEHHA: 27 CCR 27001(opens in a new tab)Groups
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Banned chemicals in cosmetics from 2027 in Vermont (US state): Styrene (CAS 100-42-5), octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (CAS 556-67-2) and toluene (CAS 108-88-3) added to 9 V.S.A. 2494b(a) as items (15)-(17) by Act 131 Sec. 2.
“(15) styrene (CAS 100-42-5); (16) octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (CAS 556-67-2); and (17) toluene (CAS 108-88-3).”
9 V.S.A. 2494b(a)(15)-(17) (Act 131 Sec. 2) · fetched 2026-10-08Vermont Legislature / Attorney General: 9 V.S.A. 2494b(a)(15)-(17) (Act 131 Sec. 2)(opens in a new tab) Volatile aromatics: styrene, toluene and others (sum) in South Korea: Sum of styrene, toluene, ethylbenzene, isopropylbenzene and n-propylbenzene (volatile substances residue).
“휘발성물질 (스티렌, 톨루엔, 에틸벤젠, 5,000 이하 이소프로필벤젠 및 n-프로필벤젠의 합)”
Ⅴ. 1. 1-3 나. ABS 2) 잔류규격 · fetched 2026-10-08Ministry of Food and Drug Safety / National Law Information Center: Ⅴ. 1. 1-3 나. ABS 2) 잔류규격(opens in a new tab)
Records
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Recalls, safety alerts and Prop 65 notices that name Toluene, with a link to the original. A Prop 65 notice is a claim by the sender, not a ruling.
7 records dated 28 Feb 2025 to 23 Apr 2025. Most recent shown.
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- Prop 65 notices
Furniture Wax, limited to clear and colored products that are branded, supplied or made by “Briwax International Inc.”
Home and kitchen goods
- Substance
- Toluene
- Party
- Transform SR Brands, LLC, Transform Holdco, LLC
- Category
- Not assigned
- Prop 65 notices
Furniture Wax, limited to clear and colored products that are branded, supplied or made by “Briwax International Inc.”
Home and kitchen goods
- Substance
- Toluene
- Party
- Transform SR Brands, LLC
- Category
- Not assigned
- Prop 65 notices
Furniture Wax, limited to clear and colored products that are branded, supplied or made by “Briwax International Inc.”
Home and kitchen goods
- Substance
- Toluene
- Party
- Amazon.com, Inc.
- Category
- Not assigned
- Prop 65 notices
Furniture Wax, limited to clear and colored products that are branded, supplied or made by “Briwax International Inc.”
Home and kitchen goods
- Substance
- Toluene
- Party
- Walmart, Inc.
- Category
- Not assigned
- Prop 65 notices
Furniture Wax, limited to clear and colored products that are branded, supplied or made by “Briwax International Inc.”
Home and kitchen goods
- Substance
- Toluene
- Party
- Etsy, Inc.
- Category
- Not assigned
- Prop 65 notices
Furniture Wax, limited to clear and colored products that are branded, supplied or made by “Briwax International Inc.”
Home and kitchen goods
- Substance
- Toluene
- Party
- Wayfair LLC
- Category
- Not assigned
- Prop 65 notices
Furniture Wax, limited to clear and colored products that are branded, supplied or made by “Briwax International Inc.”
Home and kitchen goods
- Substance
- Toluene
- Party
- Klingspor Abrasives, Inc.
- Category
- Not assigned
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