Ingredient profile
carbomer 980
Raters disagreeCAS 9007-20-9
Catalogued by CosIng (a real cosmetic ingredient with a CAS number); none of our lists flag it.
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)
Where regulators stand
Shown side by side, never combinedEach jurisdiction is reported on its own terms, from its own official lists. Where they disagree, that disagreement is the finding. Absence from a list is never a safety claim.
European Union
No listing foundNot on the lists we hold for this jurisdiction. That is an absence of a listing, not a safety finding.
Checked: EU Cosmetics Regulation Annexes II, III, V and VI; CLP Annex VI harmonised classification; ECHA SVHC Candidate List (cosmetics-relevant subset).
Canada
No listing foundNot on the lists we hold for this jurisdiction. That is an absence of a listing, not a safety finding.
Checked: Health Canada Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist.
California
No listing foundNot on the lists we hold for this jurisdiction. That is an absence of a listing, not a safety finding.
Checked: OEHHA Proposition 65 list.
Notes
- EU microplastics-restricted
