Ingredient profile
At least one of our safety lists speaks to this ingredient. Also written as TITANIUM DIOXIDE 4.15.
Raters don't agree. Here's where each one stands
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Greenlens Ingredient Scan
Independent
Greenlens Precautionary Screen
Independent
Greenlens Tolerance Screen
Independent
IARC Monographs
Government
ANSES Endocrine Disruptors
Government
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))
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
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.
Allowed only under stated conditions or limits.
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.
Not on the lists we hold for this jurisdiction. That is an absence of a listing, not a safety finding.
AmorePacificColor Control Cushion Compact Broad Spectrum Spf 50+ Sunscreen, Light (Pink) 102safety 62Greenlens Tolerance Screen
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))
IARC Monographs
Government
Titanium dioxide is classified possibly carcinogenic to humans — the evidence is for INHALED respirable powder (loose powders/sprays), not the bound pigment in a cream or lotion. (IARC Monographs, Vol. 93)
ANSES Endocrine Disruptors
Government
An ANSES endocrine-disruptor candidate (SNPE2); classified Carc. 2 for the inhalable powder form (a concern for loose powders/aerosols). (ANSES — French national strategy on endocrine disruptors (SNPE2))
Checked: OEHHA Proposition 65 list.
Appears on an official list. A listing, not a use ban.