ZINC STEARATE
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Function/use(s): Anticaking Agent; Colorant; Slip Modifier; Viscosity Increasing Agent - Nonaqueous; COSMETIC COLORANT; VISCOSITY CONTROLLING
About ZINC STEARATE: Zinc Stearate is a zinc salt of stearic acid, a naturally occurring fatty acid.
Synonym(s): OCTADECANOIC ACID, ZINC SALT; ZINC OCTADECANOATE; ZINC SALT OCTADECANOIC ACID; ZINC DISTEARATE; COAD; DERMARONE; DIBASIC ZINC STEARATE; HYDENSE; HYTECH; MATHE; METALLAC
Allergies/immunotoxicity |
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| Limited evidence of immune system toxicity |
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California EPA, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment |
Persistence and bioaccumulation |
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| Persistent or bioaccumulative and moderate to high toxicity concern in humans |
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Environment Canada Domestic Substance List |
| Persistent, bioaccumulative in wildlife |
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Canada PBTs - Accelerated Reduction/Elimination of Toxics (ARET) |
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| Not suspected to be bioaccumulative |
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Environment Canada Domestic Substance List | |
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 |
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| Limited evidence of toxicity |
products that may be aerosolized (airborne) |
California EPA, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment |
| One or more animal studies show classified as toxic effects at moderate doses (low dose studies may be unavailable for this ingredient) |
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EPA Toxic Release Inventory PBTs |
| Classified as a low human health priority |
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Environment Canada Domestic Substance List | |
Ecotoxicology |
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| Suspected to be an environmental toxin and be persistent or bioaccumulative |
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Environment Canada Domestic Substance List |
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| Suspected to be an environmental toxin |
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Environment Canada Domestic Substance List | |
Data gaps |
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| Risk assessment method deficiencies and data gaps - Maximum reported "as used" concentration is basis of safety assessment by industry safety panel (Cosmetic Ingredient Review, CIR) - implicit safe concentration limit in product |
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Cosmetic Ingredient Review Assessments |
| Safety assessment was based on related chemical |
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Cosmetic Ingredient Review Assessments |
| 233 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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| Designated as safe for general or specific, limited use in food |
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FDA Everything Added to Food |
| Designated as safe for general or specific, limited use in food |
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FDA Food Additive Status |
Government, industry, academic studies and classifications |
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classification(s) |
| FDA Food Additive Status | ZINC STEARATE | • NUTR/DS
• GRAS
• GMP
• Free from chick edema factor - CFR182.5994; 182.8994 |
| Cosmetic Ingredient Review Assessments | ZINC STEARATE | QQQ01,QQQ11; QQQ50 |
| FDA Everything Added to Food | ZINC STEARATE | • ASP |
| Environment Canada Domestic Substance List | OCTADECANOIC ACID, ZINC SALT | Y-Categorization,,Low-Health Priority,Y-Persistent,,Y-AquaticTox,,,, |
| National Library of Medicine HazMap | ZINC STEARATE | SD: No;PE: 15 mg/m3(total dust), 5 mg/m3(respirable fraction);TL: 10 mg/m3; |
| Canada PBTs - Accelerated Reduction/Elimination of Toxics (ARET) | ZINC COMPOUNDS | Meets or exceeds criteria for toxicity and persistent under Canadian Accelerated Reduction/Elimination of Toxics list |
| EPA Toxic Release Inventory PBTs | ZINC COMPOUNDS | Toxic under the EPA's Toxics Release Inventory |
| California EPA, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment | ZINC COMPOUNDS | Respiratory Toxicity Hazards: suspected |
| California EPA, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment | ZINC COMPOUNDS | Immunotoxicity Hazards: suspected |
Other RTECS® classifications [shown for informational purposes only] |
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| RTECS®- TLV/BEI,2006 | ZINC STEARATE | • occupationally related - ACGIH TLV (human TWA)
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| RTECS®- TLV/BEI,2007 | ZINC STEARATE | • occupationally related - ACGIH TLV (human TWA)
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| RTECS®- British Journal of Industrial Medicine 1958 | ZINC STEARATE | • blood - Hemorrhage (rat LDLo)
• respiratory - Chronic pulmonary edema (rat LDLo)
• respiratory - Other changes (rat LDLo)
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| RTECS®- Gigiena Truda i Professional'nye Zabolevaniya 1992 | ZINC STEARATE | • broad systemic - Broad systemic toxicity (mouse LD50)
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references |
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| 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. |
| Cosmetic Ingredient Review Assessments | CIR (Cosmetic Ingredient Review). 2006. CIR Compendium, containing abstracts, discussions, and conclusions of CIR cosmetic ingredient safety assessments. Washington DC. |
| 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. |
| National Library of Medicine HazMap | NLM (National Library of Medicine). 2006. HazMap — Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Agents. |
| Canada PBTs - Accelerated Reduction/Elimination of Toxics (ARET) | EC (Environment Canada). 1994. Accelerated Reduction/Elimination of Toxics (ARET). ARET substance list of persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic chemicals. |
| EPA Toxic Release Inventory PBTs | EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency). 1999. Toxics Release Inventory Program. PBT Chemical Rule. |
| Scorecard.org Toxicity Information | California EPA, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. Air Toxics Hot Spots Program Risk Assessment Guidelines, Part III: Technical Support Document |
| Scorecard.org Toxicity Information | California EPA, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. Air Toxics Hot Spots Program Risk Assessment Guidelines, Part III: Technical Support Document |
| 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®- British Journal of Industrial Medicine 1958 [shown for informational purposes only] | RTECS®- British Journal of Industrial Medicine. (British Medical Journal, Box 560B, Kennebunkport, ME 04046) V.1- 1944- 15,130,1958 |
| RTECS®- Gigiena Truda i Professional'nye Zabolevaniya 1992 [shown for informational purposes only] | RTECS®- Gigiena Truda i Professional'nye Zabolevaniya. Labor Hygiene and Occupational Diseases. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1-36, 1957-1992. For publisher information, see MTPEEI 36(4),17,1992 |
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