Toxic substances list: acetaldehyde

Acetaldehyde enters the Canadian environment from natural sources (including forest and brush fires), from human sources such as a by-product of incomplete combustion of fuel in internal combustion engines and industrial processes, and through secondary formation as a result of the atmospheric oxidation of natural and anthropogenic organic compounds.

CAS (Chemical Abstract Service) registry number: 75-07-0

Risk assessment

• Priority Substances List Assessment Report
• Order Adding Toxic Substances to Schedule 1 to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999
• CEPA 1999 Schedule 1 - List of Toxic Substances - This substance has been added to the List of Toxic Substances. It is entering or may enter the environment in a quantity or concentration or under conditions that:
  b) constitute or may constitute a danger to the environment on which life depends.
  c) constitute or may constitute a danger in Canada to human life or health.
• Full life cycle management of the substance (Track 2) under the Toxic Substances Management Policy

Sources

This substance is entering the environment from the following sources:

• Environmental Emergency
• Vehicles, Engines and Fuels

Risk management tools

Tools developed to manage risks associated with the substance:

• Environmental Emergency Regulations
• On-Road Vehicle and Engine Emission Regulations
• Off-Road Small Spark-Ignition Engine Emission Regulations
• Off-Road Compression-Ignition Engine Emission Regulations

Other information

• National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) - Information Centre
• North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation Web Site

Contact

Substances Management Information Line
Chemicals Management Plan
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Gatineau, QC K1A 0H3

Telephone: 1-800-567-1999 (in Canada) or 819-938-3232
Email: substances@ec.gc.ca

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