Ingredient profile
At least one of our safety lists speaks to this ingredient.
Raters don't agree. Here's where each one stands
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Greenlens Ingredient Scan
Independent
Greenlens Precautionary Screen
Independent
Greenlens Tolerance Screen
Independent
Health Canada Ingredient Hotlist
Government
IARC Monographs
Government
Greenlens Ingredient Scan
Independent
Listed in Annex III of the EU Cosmetics Regulation (ref 59) — allowed only under restrictions. (EU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted))
Greenlens Precautionary Screen
Independent
Possible carcinogen concern attaches to inhaled loose powder (and an asbestos-contamination worry); in a bound leave-on product the inhalation route does not apply. (IARC carcinogen monographs (Group 2B))
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.
Allowed only under stated conditions or limits.
Greenlens Tolerance Screen
Independent
Listed in Annex III of the EU Cosmetics Regulation (ref 59) — allowed only under restrictions. (EU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted))
Health Canada Ingredient Hotlist
Government
Restricted by product type; not permitted in products for the genital area, with inhalation warnings. (Health Canada Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist)
IARC Monographs
Government
Talc — the mineral base of many powders and pressed cosmetics — was reclassified as probably carcinogenic to humans in 2024 (this is talc itself; asbestos contamination is a separate, Group 1 concern). (IARC Monographs, Vol. 136 (2024))
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.
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.