Ingredient profile
Selenium Sulfide 1.0
Raters disagreeCAS 7488-56-4
At least one of our safety lists speaks to this ingredient. Also written as Selenium sulfide 1.0.
Raters don't agree. Here's where each one stands
Safe
—
Caution
Greenlens Ingredient Scan
Independent
Greenlens Tolerance Screen
Independent
US NTP Report on Carcinogens
Government
Concern
Greenlens Precautionary Screen
Independent
California Proposition 65
Government
Where each list lands
Funding shown- Caution
Greenlens Ingredient Scan
Independent
Listed in Annex III of the EU Cosmetics Regulation (ref 49) — allowed only under restrictions (max 1%). (EU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted))
- Concern
Greenlens Precautionary Screen
Independent
An anti-dandruff active listed as a carcinogen. (California Proposition 65 list)
- Caution
Greenlens Tolerance Screen
Also screened — not on these lists
- Health Canada Ingredient Hotlist
- IARC Monographs
- ANSES Endocrine Disruptors
- EU Microplastics Restriction
- EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI)
Where regulators stand
Shown side by side, never combinedEach 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
RestrictedAllowed only under stated conditions or limits.
- European Commission · EU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)Listed in Annex III of the EU Cosmetics Regulation (ref 49) — allowed only under restrictions (max 1%).
Canada
No listing foundNot 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
ListedAppears on an official list. A listing, not a use ban.
Notes
- Carcinogen-linked
- Prop 65-listed
- NTP anticipated carcinogen
- EU-restricted (with limits)
