Ingredient profile
TITANIUM/TITANIUM DIOXIDE
Raters disagreecolorantopacifyingCAS 13463-67-7
At least one of our safety lists speaks to this ingredient. Also written as Titanium/Titanium Dioxide, titanium/titanium dioxide, TITANIUM/TITANIUM DIOXIDE)…
Raters don't agree. Here's where each one stands
Safe
Greenlens Ingredient Scan
Independent
Greenlens Precautionary Screen
Independent
Greenlens Tolerance Screen
Independent
Caution
IARC Monographs
Government
Concern
ANSES Endocrine Disruptors
Government
Where each list lands
Funding shown- Caution
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)
- Concern
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))
- Safe
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)
Notes
- ANSES CMR-listed
- IARC possible carcinogen (Group 2B)
