Ingredient profile
Quartz
Raters disagreeabrasiveCAS 14808-60-7
At least one of our safety lists speaks to this ingredient. Also written as quartz.
Raters don't agree. Here's where each one stands
Safe
Greenlens Ingredient Scan
Independent
Greenlens Precautionary Screen
Independent
Greenlens Tolerance Screen
Independent
Caution
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Concern
US NTP Report on Carcinogens
Government
IARC Monographs
Government
Where each list lands
Funding shown- Concern
US NTP Report on Carcinogens
Government
Respirable crystalline silica (quartz) — a concern in loose powders (amorphous silica is NOT this listing) — is a known human carcinogen. (US NTP Report on Carcinogens (15th ed.))
- Concern
IARC Monographs
Government
Respirable crystalline silica (quartz) — a concern in loose powders (amorphous/hydrated silica is NOT this listing) — is classified carcinogenic to humans. (IARC Monographs, Vol. 100C)
- Safe
Also screened — not on these lists
- Health Canada Ingredient Hotlist
- California Proposition 65
- ANSES Endocrine Disruptors
- EU Microplastics Restriction
- EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI)
Notes
- NTP known carcinogen
- IARC carcinogen (Group 1)
