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.