Ingredient profile
Toluene
Raters disagreeantioxidantsolventCAS 108-88-3
At least one of our safety lists speaks to this ingredient. Also written as TOLUENE, toluene.
Raters don't agree. Here's where each one stands
Safe
Greenlens Ingredient Scan
Independent
Greenlens Precautionary Screen
Independent
Greenlens Tolerance Screen
Independent
Caution
EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI)
Government
Concern
California Proposition 65
Government
ANSES Endocrine Disruptors
Government
Where each list lands
Funding shown- Concern
California Proposition 65
Government
Toluene, a solvent used in some nail products, is listed for developmental toxicity. (California Proposition 65 (OEHHA))
- Concern
ANSES Endocrine Disruptors
Government
An ANSES endocrine-disruptor candidate (SNPE2); a nail-product solvent classified Repr. 2 (suspected reproductive toxicant). (ANSES — French national strategy on endocrine disruptors (SNPE2))
- Caution
Also screened — not on these lists
- Health Canada Ingredient Hotlist
- US NTP Report on Carcinogens
- IARC Monographs
- EU Microplastics Restriction
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 185) — allowed only under restrictions (max 25%).
- ECHA (EU CLP Regulation) · EU CLP Regulation Annex VI, Table 3 (harmonised classification, ECHA export): Repr. 2Carries an EU harmonised classification (Repr. 2) — a suspected (category 2) carcinogen, mutagen or reproductive toxicant under CLP Annex VI, index 601-021-00-3. A hazard classification, not proof of harm at the level used.
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.
Notes
- Prop 65-listed
- ANSES CMR-listed
- EU harmonised CMR (cat. 2)
