Household ingredient · Solvent
Petroleum distillates
- CAS
- 8052-41-3
Hydrocarbon solvents in furniture polish, lighter fluid and some degreasers. If swallowed they can be inhaled into the lungs, which is why US law requires child-resistant packaging for many of them.
- Expert review pending
Concern level
Strong evidence of harm at high intake, emerging evidence of harm, or a common allergen or irritant. The concern level sets how many points petroleum distillates costs on a product’s receipt.
What the evidence says
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Restricted useRegulatory
Liquid furniture polishes with 10% or more petroleum distillates (low viscosity) and products with 10% or more turpentine must use child-resistant packaging. [1]
Evidence tiers say how sure the evidence is, separately from how much it matters. About evidence tiers.
Rules around the world
| Where | Status | Details | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Restricted | Child-resistant packaging for liquid furniture polish (10% or more, low viscosity) and turpentine (10% or more). | — | [1] |
“Banned” means explicitly prohibited or withdrawn after review; “not permitted” means never authorized there. We use each regulator’s own words.
Names GoodSwap recognizes on labels (21)
- naphtha
- kerosene
- turpentine
- isoparaffin
- white spirit
- mineral spirits
- mineral seal oil
- stoddard solvent
- c10 13 isoalkanes
- c11 13 isoalkanes
- c13 14 isoparaffin
- hydrocarbon solvent
- petroleum distillate
- aromatic hydrocarbons
- petroleum distillates
- aliphatic hydrocarbons
- 5 aliphatic hydrocarbons
- isoparaffinic hydrocarbons
- light aliphatic hydrocarbon solvent
- hydrotreated heavy petroleum distillates
- hydrotreated light petroleum distillates
Sources
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16 CFR 1700.14 Substances requiring special packaging (Poison Prevention Packaging Act)
“all other household substances containing 2 percent or more by weight of free or chemically unneutralized sodium and/or potassium hydroxide, shall be packaged in accordance with the provisions of § 1700.15 (a) and (b).”
ecfr.gov