Other Concerns
Endocrine disruption (low), Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (low), and Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low)SYNONYMS
Restricted
Restricted: EWG VERIFIED products cannot contain this ingredient without adequate substantiation
Caprylyl Methicone is a siloxane polymer.
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 | 273 products |
daily use with SPF | 90 products |
concealer | 83 products |
lipstick | 75 products |
CC cream | 63 products |
recreational sunscreen | 59 products |
eye liner | 42 products |
blush | 31 products |
26 products | |
bronzer/highlighter | 21 products |
facial moisturizer/treatment | 21 products |
eye shadow | 17 products |
lip liner | 13 products |
serums & essences | 13 products |
hair treatment/serum | 12 products |
brow liner | 10 products |
BB cream | 9 products |
around-eye cream | 8 products |
makeup primer | 7 products |
hair styling aide | 6 products |
body oil | 6 products |
moisturizer | 5 products |
baby sunscreen | 5 products |
lip plumper | 4 products |
lip gloss | 4 products |
mask | 3 products |
lip balm | 3 products |
conditioner | 3 products |
damaged skin treatment | 2 products |
foot moisturizer | 2 products |
hair spray | 2 products |
hand cream | 2 products |
anti-aging | 1 products |
body art | 1 products |
styling mousse/foam | 1 products |
tanning oil | 1 products |
setting powder/spray | 1 products |
toothpaste | 1 products |
body firming lotion | 1 products |
shampoo | 1 products |
sunless tanning | 1 products |
Allergies/immunotoxicity
CONCERN | REFERENCE |
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One or more animal studies show any or allergenic effects at moderate doses | Open scientific literature |
One or more animal studies show any or allergenic effects at high doses | Open scientific literature |
Endocrine disruption
CONCERN | REFERENCE |
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One or more animal studies show endocrine disruption at moderate doses | Open scientific literature |
Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs)
CONCERN | REFERENCE |
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One or more animal studies show any irritation at moderate doses | Open scientific literature |
One or more animal studies show any irritation at high doses | Open scientific literature |
Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive)
CONCERN | REFERENCE |
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One or more animal studies show any effects at moderate doses (low dose studies may be unavailable for this ingredient) | Open scientific literature |
One or more animal studies show any effects at high doses (low dose studies may be unavailable for this ingredient) | Open scientific literature |
Cancer
CONCERN | REFERENCE |
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Not likely to be mutagenic in humans | Open scientific literature |
Data gaps
CONCERN | REFERENCE |
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0 studies in PubMed science library may include information on the toxicity of this chemical | NLM PubMed |
- 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.