About the ratings
EWG provides information on personal care product ingredients from the published scientific literature, to supplement incomplete data available from companies and the government. The ratings below indicate the relative level of concern posed by exposure to the ingredients in this product - not the product itself - compared to other product formulations. The ratings reflect potential health hazards but do not account for the level of exposure or individual susceptibility, factors which determine actual health risks, if any.
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Allergies/immunotoxicity |
Type of Concern |
Reference |
Human immune and respiratory toxicant - strong evidence | Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics |
Human immune system toxicant - strong evidence | CHE Toxicant and Disease Database |
Human skin toxicant - strong evidence | CHE Toxicant and Disease Database |
Limited evidence of immune system toxicity | European Union - Classification & Labelling |
Limited evidence of immune system toxicity | |
Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive) |
Type of Concern |
Reference |
Known human respiratory toxicant | EPA Hazardous Air Pollutants |
Known human cardiovascular toxicant | CHE Toxicant and Disease Database |
Classified as a high human health priority | Environment Canada Domestic Substance List |
Known human respiratory toxicant | CHE Toxicant and Disease Database |
Known human sense organ toxicant | CHE Toxicant and Disease Database |
Classified as expected to be toxic or harmful | Environment Canada Domestic Substance List |
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Limited evidence of cardiovascular toxicity | CHE Toxicant and Disease Database |
Limited evidence of gastrointestinal toxicity | CHE Toxicant and Disease Database |
Limited evidence of respiratory toxicity | CHE Toxicant and Disease Database |
Limited evidence of respiratory toxicity | |
Limited evidence of gastrointestinal or liver toxicity | |
Limited evidence of cardiovascular or blood toxicity | |
Limited evidence of kidney toxicity | |
Limited evidence of sense organ toxicity | |
One or more animal studies show classified as toxic effects at moderate doses (low dose studies may be unavailable for this ingredient) | EPA Toxic Release Inventory PBTs | |
references |
government/industry list/academic study
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European Union - Classification & Labelling | CPS&Q (Consumer Products Safety & Quality) formely known as ECB (European Chemicals Bureau). 2008. Classification and Labelling: Chemicals: Annex VI of Directive 67/548/EEC through the 31st ATP. |
Amer Conf of Gov't Industrial Hygienists - Carcinogens | ACGIH (American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists) 2008. ACGIH cancer classification system. www.acgih.org. |
FDA Food Additive Status | FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) 2006. Food Additive Status List. Downloaded from http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/%7Edms/opa-appa.html, Oct 16, 2006. |
Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics | AOEC (Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics). 2009. AEOC exposures codes and asthmagen designation. |
CHE Toxicant and Disease Database | CHE (The Collaborative on Health and the Environment). 2006. Toxicant and Disease Database. |
Environment Canada Domestic Substance List | EC (Environment Canada). 2008. Domestic Substances List Categorization. Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) Environmental Registry. |
EPA Hazardous Air Pollutants | EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency). 2005. Office of Air. The 112(b)1 Hazardous Air Pollutants List (as modified). Last modified: 12 Dec 2005. |
National Library of Medicine HazMap | NLM (National Library of Medicine). 2006. HazMap — Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Agents. |
Int'l Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) - Carcinogens | IARC (International Agency for Research on Cancer). 2008. Overall Evaluations of Carcinogenicity to Humans, as evaluated in IARC Monographs Volumes 1-99 (a total of 935 agents, mixtures and exposures). |
Nanomaterial Database | NanoWerk. 2007. Nanomaterial Database. Available online: http://www.nanowerk.com/phpscripts/n_dbsearch.php |
EPA Toxic Release Inventory PBTs | EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency). 1999. Toxics Release Inventory Program. PBT Chemical Rule. |
California EPA Proposition 65 | California EPA (California Environmental Protection Agency). 9/2008. Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986. Chemicals known to the State to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity. |
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