Ingredient profile
At least one of our safety lists speaks to this ingredient. Also written as CocamideDEA, COCAMIDEDEA.
Raters don't agree. Here's where each one stands
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Greenlens Ingredient Scan
Independent
Greenlens Tolerance Screen
Independent
IARC Monographs
Government
Greenlens Precautionary Screen
Independent
California Proposition 65
Government
Greenlens Ingredient Scan
Independent
Listed in Annex III of the EU Cosmetics Regulation (ref 60) — allowed only under restrictions (max Maximum secondary amine content: 0.5%). (EU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted))
Greenlens Precautionary Screen
Independent
A possible human carcinogen; diethanolamine can form nitrosamines. (IARC carcinogen monographs (Group 2B); California Proposition 65 list)
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.
Allowed only under stated conditions or limits.
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.
Appears on an official list. A listing, not a use ban.
Greenlens Tolerance Screen
Independent
Listed in Annex III of the EU Cosmetics Regulation (ref 60) — allowed only under restrictions (max Maximum secondary amine content: 0.5%). (EU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted))
California Proposition 65
Government
Cocamide DEA, a coconut-derived foaming/thickening agent, is listed as a carcinogen. (California Proposition 65 (OEHHA))
IARC Monographs
Government
Cocamide DEA (coconut-oil diethanolamine condensate), a foam booster/thickener, is classified possibly carcinogenic to humans. (IARC Monographs, Vol. 101)
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.