Ingredient profile
CARBOMER-934
Raters disagreeCAS 9007-20-9
Catalogued by CosIng (a real cosmetic ingredient with a CAS number); none of our lists flag it. Also written as CARBOMER 934, CARBOMER- 934.
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
