The Health and Environmental Effects Profile for Diethylformamide was prepared to support listings of hazardous constituents of a wide range of waste streams under Section 3001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and to provide health-related limits for emergency actions under Section 101 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA). Both published literature and information obtained from Agency program office files were evaluated as they pertained to potential human health, aquatic life and environmental effects of hazardous waste constituents. Diethylformamide has been determined to be a systemic toxicant. An Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI), defined as the amount of a chemical to which humans can be exposed on a daily basis over an extended period of time (usually a lifetime) without suffering a deleterious effect, for diethylformamide is 0.011 mg/kg/day for oral exposure. Existing data are insufficient to determine a (Reportable Quantity) value.

"Prepared by the Office of Health and Environmental Assessment." "Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office, Office of Health and Environmental Assessment, Office of Research and Development." "June 1986." "PB88-220751/AS." "EPA 600-X-86-158." Includes bibliographical references.