Endocrine Disruption

TEDX List of Potential Endocrine Disruptors

decamethylcyclopentasiloxane

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CAS # 541-02-6

Alternative Name

D5

Categories*
Byproduct/Intermediate/Reactant
Industrial additive
Personal care product/Cosmetic ingredient
Solvent

Evidence Supporting This Chemical as an Endocrine Disruptor

Burns-Naas LA, Mast RW, Klykken PC, McCay JA, White KL, Jr., Mann PC, Naas DJ. 1998. Toxicology and humoral immunity assessment of decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5) following a 1-month whole body inhalation exposure in Fischer 344 rats. Toxicol Sci 43(1):28-38.

Burns-Naas LA, Mast RW, Meeks RG, Mann PC, Thevenaz P. 1998. Inhalation toxicology of decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5) following a 3-month nose-only exposure in Fischer 344 rats. Toxicol Sci 43(2):230-240.

Siddiqui WH, Stump DG, Reynolds VL, Plotzke KP, Holson JF, Meeks RG. 2007. A two-generation reproductive toxicity study of decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5) in rats exposed by whole-body vapor inhalation. Reprod Toxicol 23(2):216-225.

*Category References

US Dept of Health & Human Services. Household Products Database.

US National Library of Medicine. Haz-Map.

US National Library of Medicine. Hazardous Substances Data Bank.

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