ORANGE PEEL OIL
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EWG provides information on personal care product ingredients from the published scientific literature, to supplement incomplete data available from companies and the government. The ratings below indicate the relative level of concern posed by exposure to the ingredients in this product - not the product itself - compared to other product formulations. The ratings reflect potential health hazards but do not account for the level of exposure or individual susceptibility, factors which determine actual health risks, if any.
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Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive) |
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| Classified as expected to be toxic or harmful |
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Environment Canada Domestic Substance List |
| Classified as medium human health priority |
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Environment Canada Domestic Substance List |
Ecotoxicology |
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product conditions |
reference |
| Suspected to be an environmental toxin |
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Environment Canada Domestic Substance List |
Data gaps |
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product conditions |
reference |
| Not assessed for safety in cosmetics by industry panel |
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| 43 studies in PubMed science library may include information on the toxicity of this chemical
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PubMed |
Multiple, additive exposure sources |
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product conditions |
reference |
| Designated as safe for general or specific, limited use in food |
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FDA Everything Added to Food |
Persistence and bioaccumulation |
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product conditions |
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| Not suspected to be persistent |
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Environment Canada Domestic Substance List |
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| Not suspected to be bioaccumulative |
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Environment Canada Domestic Substance List | |
Government, industry, academic studies and classifications |
| government/industry list/academic study |
appears on list as |
classification(s) |
| FDA Everything Added to Food | ORANGE PEEL, SWEET, OIL (CITRUS SINENSIS (L.) OSBECK) | • ASP |
| Environment Canada Domestic Substance List | OILS, ORANGE, SWEET | Y-Categorization,Y-Human health,Moderate-Health Priority,,,Y-AquaticTox,,,, |
| IFRA Fragrance Ingredient List | ORANGE PEEL OIL, SWEET (CITRUS SINENSIS (L.) OSBECK) | reported as used in fragrance compounds in 2008 |
Other RTECS® classifications [shown for informational purposes only] |
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appears on list as |
classification(s) |
| RTECS®- Food and Cosmetics Toxicology 1974 | ORANGE PEEL OIL | • skin - Primary skin irritant (rabbit )
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| RTECS®- Journal of the National Cancer Institute 1965 | ORANGE PEEL OIL | • cancer - gastrointestinal neoplasms (mouse TDLo)
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references |
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| 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 |
| RTECS®- Food and Cosmetics Toxicology 1974 [shown for informational purposes only] | RTECS®- Food and Cosmetics Toxicology. (London, UK) V.1-19, 1963-81. For publisher information, see FCTOD7. 12,733,1974 |
| RTECS®- Journal of the National Cancer Institute 1965 [shown for informational purposes only] | RTECS®- Journal of the National Cancer Institute. (Washington, DC) V.1-60, 1940-78. For publisher information, see JJIND8. 35,771,1965 |
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