| Score |  Data: Fair |
| CAS | 56-81-5 |
| moisturizer (1,712 products) | |
| facial moisturizer/ treatment (1,615 products) | |
| anti-aging (1,041 products) | |
| facial cleanser (923 products) | |
| body wash/ cleanser (791 products) | |
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Function/use(s): Denaturant; Fragrance Ingredient; Hair Conditioning Agent; Humectant; Oral Care Agent;Oral Health Care Drug; Skin-Conditioning Agent - Humectant; Skin Protectant; Viscosity Decreasing Agent; PERFUMING; SOLVENT
About GLYCERIN: Glycerin (also called glycerol) is a naturally occurring alcohol compound and a component of many lipids. Glycerin may be of animal or vegetable origin. This ingredient is listed in the PETA's Caring ... read more
Synonym(s): CONCENTRATED GLYCERIN; GLYCERINE; GLYCEROL; GLYCYL ALCOHOL; 1,2,3-PROPANETRIOL; 1,2,3-TRIHYDROXYPROPANE; VEGETABLE GLYCERIN; 1,2,3PROPANETRIOL; 1,2,3-PROPANETRIOL; 1,2,3-TRIHYDROXYPROPANE; 90 TECHNICAL GLYCERINE
This ingredient may be derived from animals. From PETA's Caring Consumer: A byproduct of soap manufacture (normally uses animal fat). In cosmetics, foods, mouthwashes, chewing gum, toothpastes, soaps, ointments, medicines, lubricants, transmission and brake fluid, and plast ... read more
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| Not assessed for safety in cosmetics by industry panel | ||
| 56,768 studies in PubMed science library may include information on the toxicity of this chemical see search results -> | PubMed | |
Ecotoxicology | ||
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| type of concern | product conditions | reference |
| Not suspected to be an environmental toxin | Environment Canada Domestic Substance List | |
Multiple, additive exposure sources | ||
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| type of concern | product conditions | reference |
| 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) | ||
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| type of concern | product conditions | reference |
| Classified as a low human health priority | Environment Canada Domestic Substance List | |
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Persistence and bioaccumulation | ||
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| type of concern | product conditions | reference |
| Not suspected to be bioaccumulative | Environment Canada Domestic Substance List | |
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Government, industry, academic studies and classifications |
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| government/industry list/academic study | appears on list as | classification(s) |
| FDA Food Additive Status | GLYCERIN | • MISC • GRAS/FS • GMP • Part 169 • Food Flavorings • 182.1320 • Part 582 - Animal feeds |
| FDA Food Additive Status | GLYCEROL | • See glycerin |
| FDA Everything Added to Food | GLYCERIN | • ASP |
| Environment Canada Domestic Substance List | 1,2,3-PROPANETRIOL | ,,Low-Health Priority,,,,,,, |
| IFRA Fragrance Ingredient List | GLYCEROL | reported as used in fragrance compounds in 2008 |
| National Library of Medicine HazMap | GLYCERIN MIST | SD: No;TL: 10 ppm;FL: 1: must be preheated; |
Other RTECS® classifications [shown for informational purposes only] |
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| government/industry list/academic study | appears on list as | classification(s) |
| RTECS®- TLV/BEI,2005 | GLYCERIN | • occupationally related - ACGIH TLV (human TWA) |
| RTECS®- TLV/BEI,2006 | GLYCERIN | • occupationally related - ACGIH TLV (human TWA) |
| RTECS®- TLV/BEI,2007 | GLYCERIN | • occupationally related - ACGIH TLV (human TWA) |
| RTECS®- "Prehled Prumyslove Toxikologie; Organicke Latky," Marhold, J 1986 | GLYCERIN | • sense organ - Primary eye irritant (rabbit ) • skin - Primary skin irritant (rabbit ) |
| RTECS®- "Toxicology of Drugs and Chemicals," Deichmann, W 1969 | GLYCERIN | • brain, nervous system, or behavioral effect - Headache ( human TDLo) • gastrointestinal - Nausea or vomiting ( human TDLo) |
| RTECS®- Arzneimittel-Forschung 1976 | GLYCERIN | • broad systemic - Broad systemic toxicity (rat LD50) |
| RTECS®- Arzneimittel-Forschung 1978 | GLYCERIN | • brain, nervous system, or behavioral effect - Altered sleep time (including change in righting reflex) (mouse LD50) |
| RTECS®- BIOFAX Industrial Bio-Test Laboratories, Inc 1970 | GLYCERIN | • endocrine system - Changes in adrenal weight (rat TDLo) • sense organ - Primary eye irritant (rabbit ) |
| RTECS®- Cancer Letters (Shannon, Ireland) 2000 | GLYCERIN | • cancer - Facilitates action of known carcinogen (mouse TDLo) • skin - Tumors (mouse TDLo) |
| RTECS®- Cancer Letters (Shannon, Ireland) 2005 | GLYCERIN | • cancer - Facilitates action of known carcinogen (mouse TDLo) • cancer - respiratory tumor formations - equivocal (mouse TDLo) |
| RTECS®- Contraception 1984 | GLYCERIN | • reproductive - Male fertility index (rat TDLo) • reproductive - Spermatogenesis (rat TDLo) • reproductive - Testes, epididymis, sperm duct (rat TDLo) |
| RTECS®- Contraception 1989 | GLYCERIN | • reproductive - Spermatogenesis (monkey TDLo) • reproductive - Testes, epididymis, sperm duct (monkey TDLo) |
| RTECS®- Delaware State Medical Journal 1959 | GLYCERIN | • broad systemic - Broad systemic toxicity (rabbit LD50) |
| RTECS®- Drugs in Japan (Ethical Drugs) 1982 | GLYCERIN | • broad systemic - Broad systemic toxicity (mouse LD50) |
| RTECS®- Eksperimental'naya i Klinicheskaya Farmakologiya 1992 | GLYCERIN | • kidney or renal system - Renal function tests depressed (rat TDLo) |
| RTECS®- Experimental Lung Research 1987 | GLYCERIN | • respiratory - Structural or functional change in trachea or bronchi (mouse TDLo) |
| RTECS®- Farmatsevtichnii Zhurnal (Kiev) 1977 | GLYCERIN | • broad systemic - Broad systemic toxicity (mouse LD50) |
| RTECS®- Federation Proceedings, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 1945 | GLYCERIN | • brain, nervous system, or behavioral effect - General anesthetic (rat LD50) • brain, nervous system, or behavioral effect - Muscle weakness (rat LD50) • liver - Other changes (rat LD50) |
| RTECS®- Gigiena i Sanitariya 1984 | GLYCERIN | • biochemical - True cholinesterase (rat TDLo) • blood - Changes in leucocyte (WBC) count (rat TDLo) • blood - Changes in serum composition (eg., TP, bilirubin, cholesterol) (rat TDLo) |
| RTECS®- Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology 1941 | GLYCERIN | • broad systemic - Broad systemic toxicity (guinea pig LD50) |
| RTECS®- Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association, Scientific Edition 1950 | GLYCERIN | • broad systemic - Broad systemic toxicity (mouse LD50) |
| RTECS®- Life Sciences 1984 | GLYCERIN | • reproductive - Spermatogenesis (rat TDLo) |
| RTECS®- Nephron 1978 | GLYCERIN | • kidney or renal system - Changes in tubules (including acute renal failure, acute tubular (rat LDLo) • kidney or renal system - Other changes in urine composition (rat LDLo) |
| RTECS®- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1982 | GLYCERIN | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: DNA Inhibition ( human lym) |
| RTECS®- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1982 | GLYCERIN | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: DNA Inhibition ( human lym) |
| RTECS®- Research Communications in Chemical Pathology and Pharmacology 1987 | GLYCERIN | • cardiovascular - Other changes (rat LD50) • brain, nervous system, or behavioral effect - Toxic psychosis (rat LD50) |
| RTECS®- Tsitologiya i Genetika 1985 | GLYCERIN | • reproductive - Post-implantation mortality (rat TDLo) • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Cytogenetic Analysis (rat orl) |
| RTECS®- Tsitologiya i Genetika 1985 | GLYCERIN | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Cytogenetic Analysis (rat orl) |
references |
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| government/industry list/academic study | reference | |
| FDA Food Additive Status | 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 Everything Added to Food | 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. | |
| Environment Canada Domestic Substance List | EC (Environment Canada). 2008. Domestic Substances List Categorization. Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) Environmental Registry. | |
| IFRA Fragrance Ingredient List | IFRA (International Fragrance Assocication). 2010. IFRA Fragrance Ingredient List based on 2008 Use Survey. Accessed online 01/04/2010: http://www.ifraorg.org/Home/News/Latest-News/page.aspx/66?xf_itemId=43&xf_selectionDatapartId=25 | |
| National Library of Medicine HazMap | NLM (National Library of Medicine). 2006. HazMap — Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Agents. | |
| RTECS®- TLV/BEI,2005 [shown for informational purposes only] | RTECS®- TLV/BEI,2005 | |
| RTECS®- TLV/BEI,2006 [shown for informational purposes only] | RTECS®- TLV/BEI,2006 | |
| RTECS®- TLV/BEI,2007 [shown for informational purposes only] | RTECS®- TLV/BEI,2007 | |
| RTECS®- "Prehled Prumyslove Toxikologie; Organicke Latky," Marhold, J 1986 [shown for informational purposes only] | RTECS®- "Prehled Prumyslove Toxikologie; Organicke Latky," Marhold, J., Prague, Czechoslovakia, Avicenum, 1986 -,207,1986 | |
| RTECS®- "Toxicology of Drugs and Chemicals," Deichmann, W 1969 [shown for informational purposes only] | RTECS®- "Toxicology of Drugs and Chemicals," Deichmann, W.B., New York, Academic Press, Inc., 1969 -,288,1969 | |
| RTECS®- Arzneimittel-Forschung 1976 [shown for informational purposes only] | RTECS®- Arzneimittel-Forschung. Drug Research. (Editio Cantor Verlag, Postfach 1255, W-7960 Aulendorf, Fed. Rep. Ger.) V.1- 1951- 26,1581,1976 | |
| RTECS®- Arzneimittel-Forschung 1978 [shown for informational purposes only] | RTECS®- Arzneimittel-Forschung. Drug Research. (Editio Cantor Verlag, Postfach 1255, W-7960 Aulendorf, Fed. Rep. Ger.) V.1- 1951- 28,1579,1978 | |
| RTECS®- BIOFAX Industrial Bio-Test Laboratories, Inc 1970 [shown for informational purposes only] | RTECS®- BIOFAX Industrial Bio-Test Laboratories, Inc., Data Sheets. (1810 Frontage Rd., Northbrook, IL 60062) 9-4/1970 | |
| RTECS®- Cancer Letters (Shannon, Ireland) 2000 [shown for informational purposes only] | RTECS®- Cancer Letters (Shannon, Ireland). (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland Ltd., POB 85, Limerick, Ireland) V.1- 1975- 155,61,2000 | |
| RTECS®- Cancer Letters (Shannon, Ireland) 2005 [shown for informational purposes only] | RTECS®- Cancer Letters (Shannon, Ireland). (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland Ltd., POB 85, Limerick, Ireland) V.1- 1975- 229,181,2005 | |
| RTECS®- Contraception 1984 [shown for informational purposes only] | RTECS®- Contraception. (Geron-X, Inc., POB 1108, Los Altos, CA 94022) V.1- 1970- 29,291,1984 | |
| RTECS®- Contraception 1989 [shown for informational purposes only] | RTECS®- Contraception. (Geron-X, Inc., POB 1108, Los Altos, CA 94022) V.1- 1970- 39,447,1989 | |
| RTECS®- Delaware State Medical Journal 1959 [shown for informational purposes only] | RTECS®- Delaware State Medical Journal. (Wilmington, DE) V.1-32(1), 1929-60. For publisher information, see DSMJAA. 31,276,1959 | |
| RTECS®- Drugs in Japan (Ethical Drugs) 1982 [shown for informational purposes only] | RTECS®- Drugs in Japan (Ethical Drugs). (Yakugyo Jiho Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan) 6,215,1982 | |
| RTECS®- Eksperimental'naya i Klinicheskaya Farmakologiya 1992 [shown for informational purposes only] | RTECS®- Eksperimental'naya i Klinicheskaya Farmakologiya. Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology. (Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, ul. B. Yakimanka, 39, 117049 Moscow, Russia) V.55- 1992- 55,21,1992 | |
| RTECS®- Experimental Lung Research 1987 [shown for informational purposes only] | RTECS®- Experimental Lung Research. (Hemisphere Publishing, c/o Taylor & Francis 1900 Frost Road, Suite 101, Bristol, PA 19007) V.1- 1980- 12,281,1987 | |
| RTECS®- Farmatsevtichnii Zhurnal (Kiev) 1977 [shown for informational purposes only] | RTECS®- Farmatsevtichnii Zhurnal (Kiev). (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.3- -1930 (6),56,1977 | |
| RTECS®- Federation Proceedings, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 1945 [shown for informational purposes only] | RTECS®- Federation Proceedings, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. (Bethesda, MD) V.1-46, 1942-87. 4,142,1945 | |
| RTECS®- Gigiena i Sanitariya 1984 [shown for informational purposes only] | RTECS®- Gigiena i Sanitariya. For English translation, see HYSAAV. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1- 1936- 49(10),81,1984 | |
| RTECS®- Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology 1941 [shown for informational purposes only] | RTECS®- Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology. (Cambridge, MA) V.18-31, 1936-49. For publisher information, see AEHLAU. 23,259,1941 | |
| RTECS®- Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association, Scientific Edition 1950 [shown for informational purposes only] | RTECS®- Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association, Scientific Edition. (Washington, DC) V.29-49, 1940-60. For publisher information, see JPMSAE. 39,583,1950 | |
| RTECS®- Life Sciences 1984 [shown for informational purposes only] | RTECS®- Life Sciences. (Pergamon Press Inc., Maxwell House, Fairview Park, Elmsford, NY 10523) V.1-8, 1962-69; V.14- 1974- 34,1747,1984 | |
| RTECS®- Nephron 1978 [shown for informational purposes only] | RTECS®- Nephron. (S. Karger Pub., Inc., 79 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10003) V.1- 1964- 20,47,1978 | |
| RTECS®- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1982 [shown for informational purposes only] | RTECS®- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. (National Academy of Sciences, Printing & Pub. Office, 2101 Constitution Ave., Washington, DC 20418) V.1- 1915- 79,1171,1982 | |
| RTECS®- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1982 [shown for informational purposes only] | RTECS®- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. (National Academy of Sciences, Printing & Pub. Office, 2101 Constitution Ave., Washington, DC 20418) V.1- 79,1171,1982 | |
| RTECS®- Research Communications in Chemical Pathology and Pharmacology 1987 [shown for informational purposes only] | RTECS®- Research Communications in Chemical Pathology and Pharmacology. (PJD Pub. Ltd., P.O. Box 966, Westbury, NY 11590) V.1- 1970- 56,125,1987 | |
| RTECS®- Tsitologiya i Genetika 1985 [shown for informational purposes only] | RTECS®- Tsitologiya i Genetika. Cytology and Genetics. For English translation, see CYGEDX. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1- 1967- 19,436,1985 | |
| RTECS®- Tsitologiya i Genetika 1985 [shown for informational purposes only] | RTECS®- Tsitologiya i Genetika. Cytology and Genetics. For English translation, see CYGEDX. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1- 19,436,1985 | |
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