Ingredient profile
Sodium Fluoride 0.02
Raters disagreeCAS 7681-49-4
At least one of our safety lists speaks to this ingredient. Also written as SODIUM FLUORIDE 0.02, Sodium fluoride 0.02, sodium fluoride 0.02…
Raters don't agree. Here's where each one stands
Safe
Greenlens Ingredient Scan
Independent
Greenlens Precautionary Screen
Independent
Greenlens Tolerance Screen
Independent
Caution
Health Canada Ingredient Hotlist
Government
Concern
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Where each list lands
Funding shown- Caution
Health Canada Ingredient Hotlist
Government
Restricted; not permitted in oral products (fluoride toothpastes are regulated as drugs, not cosmetics). (Health Canada Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist)
- Safe
Greenlens Ingredient Scan
Independent
No EU-regulated hazard recognized for this ingredient.
- Safe
Greenlens Precautionary Screen
Also screened — not on these lists
- 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 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 31) — allowed only under restrictions.
Canada
RestrictedAllowed only under stated conditions or limits.
- Health Canada · Health Canada Cosmetic Ingredient HotlistRestricted; not permitted in oral products (fluoride toothpastes are regulated as drugs, not cosmetics).
California
No listing found
Notes
- Health Canada Hotlist — restricted
Found in 94 products
showing 12, safest first- ActWhitening Anticavity Fluoride Mouthwash, Gentle Mint (2020 formulation)safety 77
- Crest3 D White Alcohol Free Anticavity Fluoride Rinse, Brilliancesafety 62
Crest3D White Anticavity Fluoride Mouthwash, Wintermintsafety 62
Care OneAdvanced Whitening Anticavity Mouthrinse, Fresh Mint (2018 formulation)
