Ingredient profile
TITANIUM DI OXIDE
Raters disagreeuv filteruv absorbercolorantCAS 13463-67-7
At least one of our safety lists speaks to this ingredient. Also written as TITANIUM DI-OXIDE.
Raters don't agree. Here's where each one stands
Safe
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Caution
Greenlens Ingredient Scan
Independent
Greenlens Precautionary Screen
Independent
Greenlens Tolerance Screen
Independent
IARC Monographs
Government
Concern
ANSES Endocrine Disruptors
Government
Where each list lands
Funding shown- Caution
Greenlens Ingredient Scan
Independent
Listed in Annex III of the EU Cosmetics Regulation (ref 321) — allowed only under restrictions (max (a) 25 %; (b) 1,4 % for general consumers, and 1.1 % for professional use.). (EU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted))
- Caution
Greenlens Precautionary Screen
Independent
Classified only for inhalation of the airborne powder (loose powders/aerosols); bound in a cream, lotion or mineral sunscreen — among the safest SPF chemistries — the inhalation route does not apply. (IARC carcinogen monographs (Group 2B); EU CLP Annex VI (CMR classification))
Also screened — not on these lists
- Health Canada Ingredient Hotlist
- California Proposition 65
- US NTP Report on Carcinogens
- 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 321) — allowed only under restrictions (max (a) 25 %; (b) 1,4 % for general consumers, and 1.1 % for professional use.).
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
No listing foundNot on the lists we hold for this jurisdiction. That is an absence of a listing, not a safety finding.
Notes
- ANSES CMR-listed
- Carcinogen if inhaled (powder/aerosol)
- EU-restricted (with limits)
- IARC possible carcinogen (Group 2B)
