Coumarin
- Products with the EWG VERIFIED mark have met use restrictions and warnings based on EWG review of company data.
Other Concerns
Use restrictions (moderate)SYNONYMS
Restricted
Restricted: EWG VERIFIED products cannot contain this ingredient without adequate substantiation
Coumarin is a naturally occurring and synthetically produced scent chemical; associated with allergies and contact dermatitis.
Common concerns
See how this product scores for common concerns.
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LOWCancer
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HIGHAllergies & Immunotoxicity
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LOWDevelopmental and Reproductive Toxicity
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MODERATEUse Restrictions
Ingredient concerns
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- DATA SOURCES
Products with this Ingredient
fragrance for women | 227 products |
hair treatment/serum | 224 products |
moisturizer | 215 products |
shampoo | 184 products |
hair styling aide | 179 products |
conditioner | 177 products |
fragrance for men | 105 products |
body wash/cleanser | 97 products |
body spray | 88 products |
styling gel/lotion | 85 products |
antiperspirant/deodorant | 70 products |
hair spray | 63 products |
antiperspirant/deodorant (men's) | 60 products |
facial moisturizer/treatment | 51 products |
hand cream | 50 products |
bar soap | 38 products |
liquid hand soap | 37 products |
mask | 35 products |
body oil | 33 products |
hair color and bleaching | 33 products |
sunless tanning | 33 products |
after shave | 28 products |
exfoliant/scrub | 27 products |
serums & essences | 27 products |
styling mousse/foam | 19 products |
body firming lotion | 15 products |
facial cleanser | 15 products |
detangler | 14 products |
setting powder/spray | 13 products |
bath oil/salts/soak | 12 products |
beard care | 12 products |
toners/astringents | 11 products |
hand sanitizer | 11 products |
shaving cream | 10 products |
polish remover | 9 products |
blush | 8 products |
anti-aging | 7 products |
eyelash glue | 7 products |
shaving cream (men's) | 6 products |
baby lotion | 6 products |
daily use with SPF | 6 products |
foundation | 5 products |
body powder | 5 products |
bronzer/highlighter | 5 products |
recreational sunscreen | 5 products |
lip balm | 5 products |
beard oil | 5 products |
skin fading/lightener | 4 products |
cuticle treatment | 4 products |
tanning oil | 4 products |
after sun product | 4 products |
foot moisturizer | 3 products |
around-eye cream | 3 products |
nail treatment | 3 products |
bubble bath | 3 products |
lipstick | 3 products |
baby shampoo | 3 products |
baby soap | 3 products |
makeup primer | 3 products |
brow liner | 3 products |
depilatory | 3 products |
makeup remover | 2 products |
nail polish | 2 products |
2 products | |
hair removal waxes | 2 products |
beard cleanser | 2 products |
hair relaxer | 1 products |
hair-loss treatment | 1 products |
baby bubble bath | 1 products |
nail glue | 1 products |
damaged skin treatment | 1 products |
baby wipes | 1 products |
lip liner | 1 products |
Allergies/immunotoxicity
CONCERN | REFERENCE |
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Known human immune system toxicant or allergen | SCCPNFP Opinion on Fragrance Allergy |
Limited evidence of any toxicity or allergies | Open scientific literature |
Use restrictions
CONCERN | REFERENCE |
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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 |
Restricted in cosmetics - labeling requirement for allergens | CosIng |
Cancer
CONCERN | REFERENCE |
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Cancer - limited evidence | Scorecard.org Toxicity Information |
Limited or incomplete evidence of cancer according to safety/hazard data – government assessment cannot classify as human carcinogen due to data gaps | Int'l Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) - Carcinogens |
Miscellaneous
CONCERN | REFERENCE |
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Prohibited for use in food | FDA Food Additive Status |
Ecotoxicology
CONCERN | REFERENCE |
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Not suspected to be an environmental toxin | 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 - The substance was formerly approved as a food additive but is now banned; there may be some toxicology data available. | 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 |
Data gaps
CONCERN | REFERENCE |
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8313 studies in PubMed science library may include information on the toxicity of this chemical | NLM PubMed |
- SCCPNFP (Scientific Committee On Cosmetic Products And Non-Food Products). 1999. Opinion Concerning Fragrance Allergy In Consumers. . SCCNFP/0017/98 Final, December 1999; and SCCPNFP (Scientific Committee On Cosmetic Products And Non-Food Products). 2000. An Initial List Of Perfumery Materials Which Must Not Form Part Of Fragrances Compounds Used In Cosmetic Products. SCCNFP/0320/00, final May 2000.
- Open scientific/peer reviewed literature
- IFRA (International Fragrance Association). 2006. Codes and Standards.
- 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/ .
- ED (Environmental Defense). 2006. Scorecard _ The Pollution Information Site. http://www.scorecard.org.
- IARC (International Agency for Research on Cancer). 2008. Overall Evaluations of Carcinogenicity to Humans, as evaluated in IARC Monographs Volumes 1-99 (a total of 935 agents, mixtures and exposures).
- 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.
- EC (Environment Canada). 2008. Domestic Substances List Categorization. Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) Environmental Registry.
- 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.
- NLM (National Library of Medicine). 2012. PubMed online scientific bibliography data. http://www.pubmed.gov.
Understanding scores
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HOW WE DETERMINE SCORESHazard score
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Data availability
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