Ingredient profile
Polyethylene
Raters disagreefilm formingabrasiveviscosity controllingCAS 9002-88-4
At least one of our safety lists speaks to this ingredient. Also written as POLYETHYLENE, polyethylene.
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
EU Microplastics Restriction
Government
Where each list lands
Funding shown- Concern
EU Microplastics Restriction
Government
The classic scrub microbead: a solid, water-insoluble, non-biodegradable polymer used as an exfoliant/bulking agent — squarely in the restriction. (EU Regulation 2023/2055 (REACH Annex XVII, entry 78))
- Safe
Greenlens Ingredient Scan
Independent
No EU-regulated hazard recognized for this ingredient.
- Safe
Also screened — not on these lists
- Health Canada Ingredient Hotlist
- California Proposition 65
- US NTP Report on Carcinogens
- IARC Monographs
- ANSES Endocrine Disruptors
- EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI)
Notes
- EU microplastics-restricted
