Ingredient profile
Carbomer
Raters disagreeemulsion stabilisinggel formingviscosity controllingCAS 9007-20-9CAS 9003-01-4CAS 76050-42-5CAS 9062-04-8CAS 9007-16-3CAS 9007-17-4
At least one of our safety lists speaks to this ingredient. Also written as CARBOMER, carbomer.
Raters don't agree. Here's where each one stands
Safe
Greenlens Ingredient Scan
Independent
Greenlens Precautionary Screen
Independent
Greenlens Tolerance Screen
Independent
Caution
EU Microplastics Restriction
Government
Concern
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Where each list lands
Funding shown- Caution
EU Microplastics Restriction
Government
A cross-linked polyacrylic-acid thickener. Contested: it is non-biodegradable and not truly water-soluble (it swells into a gel rather than dissolving), so whether it is a "solid particle" in scope is genuinely debated — flagged with the lowest weight, not as a certain microbead. (EU Regulation 2023/2055 (REACH Annex XVII, entry 78) — contested (swellable hydrogel, not a discrete solid particle))
- Safe
Greenlens Ingredient Scan
Independent
No EU-regulated hazard recognized for this ingredient.
Also screened — not on these lists
- Health Canada Ingredient Hotlist
- California Proposition 65
- US NTP Report on Carcinogens
- IARC Monographs
- ANSES Endocrine Disruptors
- EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI)
Notes
- EU microplastics-restricted
