Other Concerns
SYNONYMS
Restricted
Restricted: EWG VERIFIED products cannot contain this ingredient without adequate substantiation
Alanine is an amino acid.
Common concerns
See how this product scores for common concerns.
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LOWCancer
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LOWAllergies & Immunotoxicity
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LOWDevelopmental and Reproductive Toxicity
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LOWUse Restrictions
Ingredient concerns
- CONCERNS
- DATA SOURCES
Products with this Ingredient
foundation | 44 products |
conditioner | 44 products |
facial moisturizer/treatment | 40 products |
shampoo | 40 products |
serums & essences | 28 products |
hair treatment/serum | 26 products |
mask | 23 products |
moisturizer | 18 products |
facial cleanser | 16 products |
hair styling aide | 14 products |
body wash/cleanser | 12 products |
around-eye cream | 11 products |
toners/astringents | 8 products |
exfoliant/scrub | 8 products |
concealer | 7 products |
liquid hand soap | 5 products |
lip balm | 4 products |
styling gel/lotion | 3 products |
hair spray | 3 products |
makeup remover | 3 products |
hair color and bleaching | 3 products |
anti-aging | 3 products |
recreational sunscreen | 2 products |
brow liner | 2 products |
mascara | 2 products |
hair-loss treatment | 2 products |
bar soap | 2 products |
detangler | 2 products |
after sun product | 1 products |
styling mousse/foam | 1 products |
shaving cream | 1 products |
daily use with SPF | 1 products |
baby soap | 1 products |
antiperspirant/deodorant | 1 products |
fragrance for women | 1 products |
foot moisturizer | 1 products |
other eye makeup | 1 products |
eye makeup remover | 1 products |
body firming lotion | 1 products |
skin fading/lightener | 1 products |
Ecotoxicology
CONCERN | REFERENCE |
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Not suspected to be an environmental toxin | Environment Canada Domestic Substance List |
Multiple, additive exposure sources
CONCERN | REFERENCE |
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Designated as safe for general or specific, limited use in food | FDA Food Additive Status |
Designated as safe for general or specific, limited use in food | FDA Everything Added to Food |
Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive)
CONCERN | REFERENCE |
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Classified as not expected to be potentially toxic or harmful | Environment Canada Domestic Substance List |
Persistence and bioaccumulation
CONCERN | REFERENCE |
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Not suspected to be persistent | Environment Canada Domestic Substance List |
Not suspected to be bioaccumulative | Environment Canada Domestic Substance List |
Informational
CONCERN | REFERENCE |
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Industry or government recommendations for safe use: restrictions on concentration, impurities, product types, or manufacturing methods - any | Open scientific literature |
Data gaps
CONCERN | REFERENCE |
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85676 studies in PubMed science library may include information on the toxicity of this chemical | NLM PubMed |
- EC (Environment Canada). 2008. Domestic Substances List Categorization. Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) Environmental Registry.
- FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) 2006. Food Additive Status List. Downloaded from http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/%7Edms/opa-appa.html, Oct 16, 2006.
- FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration). 2008. EAFUS [Everything Added to Food]: A Food Additive Database. FDA Office of Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
- Open scientific/peer reviewed literature
- NLM (National Library of Medicine). 2012. PubMed online scientific bibliography data. http://www.pubmed.gov.
Understanding scores
Cosmetics and personal care products are not required to be tested for safety before being allowed on the market. The Skin Deep® scoring system was designed to help the public understand whether a product is safe to use or whether it contains ingredients of concern.
Every product and ingredient in Skin Deep gets a two-part score – one for hazard and one for data availability. The safest products score well by both measures, with a low hazard rating and a fair or better data availability rating.
HOW WE DETERMINE SCORESHazard score
The Skin Deep ingredient hazard score, from 1 to 10, reflects known and suspected hazards linked to the ingredients. The EWG VERIFIED® mark means a product meets EWG’s strictest criteria for transparency and health.
Data availability
The Skin Deep data availability rating reflects the number of scientific studies about the product or ingredient in the published scientific literature.