Ingredient profile
Carbon Black CI 77266
Raters disagreeAt least one of our safety lists speaks to this ingredient. Also written as CARBON BLACK/CI 77266.
Raters don't agree. Here's where each one stands
Safe
Greenlens Ingredient Scan
Independent
Greenlens Precautionary Screen
Independent
Greenlens Tolerance Screen
Independent
Caution
IARC Monographs
Government
Concern
California Proposition 65
Government
Where each list lands
Funding shown- Concern
California Proposition 65
Government
Carbon black (a black pigment, CI 77266) is listed as a carcinogen in its airborne, unbound respirable form — the concern is inhalation of loose powders, not bound pigment. (California Proposition 65 (OEHHA))
- Caution
IARC Monographs
Government
Carbon black (CI 77266) — a colourant in mascara, eyeliner and some cosmetics — is classified possibly carcinogenic to humans (evidence is for inhaled particulate). (IARC Monographs, Vol. 93)
- Safe
Also screened — not on these lists
- Health Canada Ingredient Hotlist
- US NTP Report on Carcinogens
- ANSES Endocrine Disruptors
- EU Microplastics Restriction
- 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
ListedAppears on an official list. A listing, not a use ban.
- California OEHHA
Notes
- Prop 65-listed
- IARC possible carcinogen (Group 2B)
