Evidence
Health issue
Level of Concern
Source
The European Union Ecolabel program reports this substance is readily biodegradable.
low
Detergents Ingredients Database - EU Ecolabel
The European Union Ecolabel program reports this substance is anaerobically degradable.
low
Detergents Ingredients Database - EU Ecolabel
European Union Ecolabel program data shows this substance has moderate acute toxicity to aquatic life
Only in: Household Cleaners
Only in: Household Cleaners
low
Detergents Ingredients Database - EU Ecolabel
EPA testing shows this substance has low acute toxicity to aquatic life
low
EPA Fathead Minnow Acute Toxicity Database - Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Causes serious eye irritation.
low
GHS Hazard Codes - EU GHS Hazard Labeling Codes
Not classifiable as to its carcinogenicity to humans
low
IARC 103 - IARC
Toxic to lungs when inhaled.
some
Benjamin J. Blow, Yimin Ge & Zeenat Safdar. 2012. Respiratory failure, lung infiltrates, and hemoptysis in a woman with chronic isopropyl alcohol inhalation. Therapeutic advances in respiratory disease 6(3), 189-93.
Human evidence suggests isopropyl alcohol can be a sensitizer.
some
Juan García-Gavín, Ruth Lissens, Ann Timmermans & An Goossens. 2011. Allergic contact dermatitis caused by isopropyl alcohol: a missed allergen?. Contact dermatitis 65(2), 101-6.
Toxic if ingested.
some
Fahim Zaman, Aslam Pervez & Kenneth Abreo. 2002. Isopropyl alcohol intoxication: a diagnostic challenge. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 40(3), E12.
