Ingredient profile
Ethylhexyl Dimethyl PABA
Raters disagreeuv filteruv absorberlight stabilizerCAS 21245-02-3
At least one of our safety lists speaks to this ingredient.
Raters don't agree. Here's where each one stands
Safe
Greenlens Ingredient Scan
Independent
Greenlens Precautionary Screen
Independent
Greenlens Tolerance Screen
Independent
Caution
—
Concern
ANSES Endocrine Disruptors
Government
Where each list lands
Funding shown- Concern
ANSES Endocrine Disruptors
Government
An ANSES endocrine-disruptor candidate (SNPE2); this PABA-type UV filter is classified Repr. 1B. (ANSES — French national strategy on endocrine disruptors (SNPE2))
- Safe
Greenlens Ingredient Scan
Independent
No EU-regulated hazard recognized for this ingredient.
- Safe
Greenlens Precautionary Screen
Also screened — not on these lists
- Health Canada Ingredient Hotlist
- California Proposition 65
- US NTP Report on Carcinogens
- IARC Monographs
- EU Microplastics Restriction
- EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI)
Notes
- ANSES CMR-listed
