Ingredient profile

POLYQUATERNIUM53

Raters disagree

hair conditioningCAS 84647-38-1

At least one of our safety lists speaks to this ingredient.

Raters don't agree. Here's where each one stands

Safe

Greenlens Precautionary Screen
Independent

Caution

Greenlens Ingredient Scan
Independent
Greenlens Tolerance Screen
Independent

Concern

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Where each list lands

Funding shown

Caution
Greenlens Ingredient Scan
Independent
Listed in Annex III of the EU Cosmetics Regulation (ref 66) — allowed only under restrictions. (EU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted))
Safe
Greenlens Precautionary Screen
Independent
No listed hazard trait recognized for this ingredient.
Caution
Greenlens Tolerance Screen

Also screened — not on these lists

Health Canada Ingredient Hotlist
California Proposition 65
US NTP Report on Carcinogens
IARC Monographs
ANSES Endocrine Disruptors
EU Microplastics Restriction
EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI)

Where regulators stand

Shown side by side, never combined

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.

European Union
Restricted
Allowed only under stated conditions or limits.
- European Commission · EU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)Listed in Annex III of the EU Cosmetics Regulation (ref 66) — allowed only under restrictions.
Canada
No listing found
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.
California
No listing found
Not on the lists we hold for this jurisdiction. That is an absence of a listing, not a safety finding.

Notes

EU-restricted (with limits)

POLYQUATERNIUM53

Where each list lands

Where regulators stand

European Union

Canada

California

Notes

Found in 3 products

United States (federal)