Ingredient profile
boric acid
Raters disagreeantimicrobialbufferingdenaturantCAS 10043-35-3CAS 11113-50-1
At least one of our safety lists speaks to this ingredient. Also written as Boric Acid, Boric acid.
Raters don't agree. Here's where each one stands
Safe
Greenlens Ingredient Scan
Independent
Greenlens Precautionary Screen
Independent
Greenlens Tolerance Screen
Independent
Caution
Health Canada Ingredient Hotlist
Government
Concern
ANSES Endocrine Disruptors
Government
EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI)
Government
Where each list lands
Funding shown- Caution
Health Canada Ingredient Hotlist
Government
Restricted by concentration, with a not-for-broken-skin / under-3-years warning. (Health Canada Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist)
- Concern
ANSES Endocrine Disruptors
Government
An ANSES endocrine-disruptor candidate (SNPE2), classified Repr. 1B (toxic to reproduction) and prohibited in cosmetics. (ANSES — French national strategy on endocrine disruptors (SNPE2))
- Concern
Also screened — not on these lists
- California Proposition 65
- US NTP Report on Carcinogens
- IARC Monographs
- EU Microplastics Restriction
Notes
- ANSES-prohibited in cosmetics
- EU harmonised CMR (cat. 1)
- Health Canada Hotlist — restricted
