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Data: Fair

Citrus Aurantifolia (Lime) Oil

  • Products with the EWG VERIFIED mark have met use restrictions and warnings based on EWG review of company data.

Other Concerns

Use restrictions (high)

SYNONYMS

● LIME OIL
● CITRUS AURANTIFOLIA (LIME) ESSENTIAL OIL
● CITRUS AURANTIFOLIA (LIME) OIL
● CITRUS AURANTIFOLIA ESSENTIAL OIL
● CITRUS AURANTIFOLIA OIL
● CITRUS AURANTIFOLIA OILS
● CITRUS AURANTIFOLIA SWINGLE (KEY LIME) OIL
● CITRUS AURANTIFOLIA SWINGLE OIL
● CITRUS LIMETTA (LIME) ESSENTIAL OIL
● COLD PRESSED MEXICAN LIME OIL
● EXPRESSED LIME OIL
● KEY LIME OIL
● LIME ESSENTIAL OIL
● LIME OIL
● LIME OIL EXPRESSED RECTIFIED
● LIME OIL FOLDED
● LIME OIL, COLD PRESSED, MEXICAN
● LIME OIL, EXPRESSED
● LIME OIL; LIME OIL
● LIME OILS
● MEXICAN LIME OIL, COLD PRESSED
● OILS, CITRUS AURANTIFOLIA
● OILS, LIME
● WEST INDIAN LIME OIL

Restricted

Restricted: EWG VERIFIED products cannot contain this ingredient without adequate substantiation


Citrus Aurantifolia (Lime) Oil is a volatile oil obtained from Citrus aurantifolia.

Common concerns

See how this product scores for common concerns.

  • LOW
    Cancer
  • LOW
    Allergies & Immunotoxicity
  • LOW
    Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity
  • HIGH
    Use Restrictions

Ingredient concerns

  • CONCERNS
  • DATA SOURCES

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Use restrictions

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CONCERN REFERENCE
Restricted in cosmetics (recommendations or requirements) - use, concentration, or manufacturing restrictions - anyCosIng
Recommended restricted in cosmetics - use, concentration, or manufacturing restrictions - Fragrance subject to restrictions: safe only within recommended use or concentration limitsn)International Fragrance Association Codes & Standards

Allergies/immunotoxicity

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CONCERN REFERENCE
Associated with immunotoxicity or allergiesOpen scientific literature

Multiple, additive exposure sources

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CONCERN REFERENCE
Designated as safe for general or specific, limited use in foodFDA Everything Added to Food

Ecotoxicology

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CONCERN REFERENCE
Not suspected to be an environmental toxinEnvironment Canada Domestic Substance List

Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive)

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CONCERN REFERENCE
Classified as not expected to be potentially toxic or harmfulEnvironment Canada Domestic Substance List

Persistence and bioaccumulation

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CONCERN REFERENCE
Not suspected to be persistentEnvironment Canada Domestic Substance List
Not suspected to be bioaccumulativeEnvironment Canada Domestic Substance List

Data gaps

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CONCERN REFERENCE
111 studies in PubMed science library may include information on the toxicity of this chemicalNLM PubMed

Cancer

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CONCERN REFERENCE
Not likely to be carcinogenic in humansOpen scientific literature
  • European Commission. 2013. Cosing, the European Commission database with information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. Accessed on March 1, 2013 at http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/cosmetics/cosing/ .
  • IFRA (International Fragrance Association). 2006. Codes and Standards.
  • Open scientific/peer reviewed literature
  • 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.
  • EC (Environment Canada). 2008. Domestic Substances List Categorization. Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) Environmental Registry.
  • NLM (National Library of Medicine). 2012. PubMed online scientific bibliography data. http://www.pubmed.gov.

Understanding scores

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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.

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