Ingredient profile
At least one of our safety lists speaks to this ingredient.
Raters don't agree. Here's where each one stands
Greenlens Ingredient Scan
Independent
Greenlens Tolerance Screen
Independent
Greenlens Precautionary Screen
Independent
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Greenlens Ingredient Scan
Independent
Permitted preservative (EU Annex V, up to 1%); one of the most widely used and rated low-concern by CIR and EWG. A mild contact sensitizer for a small number of people — the precautionary lens notes that; the regulatory lens treats a compliant, permitted preservative as acceptable. (EU Cosmetics Regulation Annex V (preservative, with limits))
Greenlens Precautionary Screen
Independent
A widely used, permitted preservative that is a mild contact sensitizer for a small number of people. Rated low-concern by CIR and EWG — kept visible here as a proportionate caution, not a strong-sensitizer red flag. (ChemSec SIN List (Substitute It Now))
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.
Appears on an official list. A listing, not a use ban.
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.
Greenlens Tolerance Screen
Independent
Permitted and used within typical limits, so this lens tolerates it. (EU Cosmetics Regulation Annex V (preservative, with limits))
Checked: OEHHA Proposition 65 list.
Appears on an official list. A listing, not a use ban.