Ingredient profile
Catalogued by CosIng (a real cosmetic ingredient with a CAS number); none of our lists flag it. Also written as Carbomer Homopolymer type B, Carbomer Homopolymer Type B.
Raters don't agree. Here's where each one stands
Greenlens Ingredient Scan
Independent
Greenlens Precautionary Screen
Independent
Greenlens Tolerance Screen
Independent
EU Microplastics Restriction
Government
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Greenlens Ingredient Scan
Independent
No EU-regulated hazard recognized for this ingredient.
Greenlens Precautionary Screen
Independent
No listed hazard trait recognized for this ingredient.
Greenlens Tolerance Screen
Independent
Also screened — not on these lists
Each 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.
Not 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).
Not 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.
Not on the lists we hold for this jurisdiction. That is an absence of a listing, not a safety finding.
Checked: OEHHA Proposition 65 list.
No prohibited or high-risk classification for this ingredient.
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))
Not on the lists we hold for this jurisdiction. That is an absence of a listing, not a safety finding.
Checked: NTP Report on Carcinogens; EPA Safer Chemical Ingredients List.