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Potassium Thioglycolate

  • This ingredient is unacceptable for use in EWG VERIFIED products

IMAGE SOURCE: PubChem

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Other Concerns

Use restrictions (high)

SYNONYMS

● ACETIC ACID, MERCAPTO-, MONOPOTASSIUM SALT
● MERCAPTO- MONOPOTASSIUM SALT ACETIC ACID
● MERCAPTOACETIC ACID, MONOPOTASSIUM SALT
● MONOPOTASSIUM SALT ACETIC ACID, MERCAPTO-
● MONOPOTASSIUM SALT MERCAPTOACETIC ACID
● POTASSIUM MERCAPTOACETATE
● POTASSIUM THIOGLYCOLATE
● POTASSIUM THIOGLYCOLLATE

Unacceptable

Unacceptable: EWG VERIFIED products cannot contain this ingredient


Potassium Thioglycolate is an organic salt.

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

Products with this Ingredient

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depilatory8 products
shaving cream4 products
depilatory (men's)1 products
hair styling aide1 products

Use restrictions

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CONCERN REFERENCE
Violation of industry recommendations - Restricted in cosmetics; use, concentration, or manufacturing restrictions - Avoid skin contactCosmetic Ingredient Review Assessments
Restricted in cosmetics (recommendations or requirements) - use, concentration, or manufacturing restrictions - anyCosIng
Determined safe for use in cosmetics, subject to concentration or use limitations - Safe for use in cosmetics with some qualificationsCosmetic Ingredient Review Assessments

Informational

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CONCERN REFERENCE
Industry or government recommendations for safe use: restrictions on concentration, impurities, product types, or manufacturing methods - Avoid skin contactCosmetic Ingredient Review Assessments

Data gaps

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CONCERN REFERENCE
251 studies in PubMed science library may include information on the toxicity of this chemicalNLM PubMed
  • CIR (Cosmetic Ingredient Review). 2006. CIR Compendium, containing abstracts, discussions, and conclusions of CIR cosmetic ingredient safety assessments. Washington DC.
  • 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/ .
  • NLM (National Library of Medicine). 2012. PubMed online scientific bibliography data. http://www.pubmed.gov.

Understanding scores

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Hazard score

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Data availability

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