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Silk Amino Acids

Other Concerns


SYNONYMS

● SILK AMINO ACID
● SILK AMINO ACIDS

Restricted

Restricted: EWG VERIFIED products cannot contain this ingredient without adequate substantiation


Silk Amino Acids is a mixture of amino acids resulting from the complete hydrolysis of silk.

Common concerns

See how this product scores for common concerns.

  • LOW
    Cancer
  • LOW
    Allergies & Immunotoxicity
  • LOW
    Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity
  • LOW
    Use Restrictions

Ingredient concerns

  • CONCERNS
  • DATA SOURCES

Products with this Ingredient

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conditioner60 products
hair color and bleaching36 products
shampoo32 products
hair treatment/serum32 products
hair styling aide27 products
styling gel/lotion11 products
detangler7 products
mask6 products
styling mousse/foam5 products
foot moisturizer3 products
hair spray3 products
2 products
after sun product2 products
recreational sunscreen2 products
moisturizer2 products
serums & essences2 products
around-eye cream2 products
baby shampoo1 products
body wash/cleanser1 products
hand cream1 products
nail treatment1 products
hair perm1 products

Data gaps

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CONCERN REFERENCE
0 studies in PubMed science library may include information on the toxicity of this chemicalNLM PubMed

Informational

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CONCERN REFERENCE
Industry or government recommendations for safe use: restrictions on concentration, impurities, product types, or manufacturing methods - anyOpen scientific literature
  • NLM (National Library of Medicine). 2012. PubMed online scientific bibliography data. http://www.pubmed.gov.
  • Open scientific/peer reviewed literature

Understanding scores

Cosmetics and personal care products are not required to be tested for safety before being allowed on the market. The Skin Deep® scoring system was designed to help the public understand whether a product is safe to use or whether it contains ingredients of concern.

Every product and ingredient in Skin Deep gets a two-part score – one for hazard and one for data availability. The safest products score well by both measures, with a low hazard rating and a fair or better data availability rating.

HOW WE DETERMINE SCORES

Hazard score

The Skin Deep ingredient hazard score, from 1 to 10, reflects known and suspected hazards linked to the ingredients. The EWG VERIFIED® mark means a product meets EWG’s strictest criteria for transparency and health.

Score legend

Data availability

The Skin Deep data availability rating reflects the number of scientific studies about the product or ingredient in the published scientific literature.

NONE LIMITED FAIR GOOD ROBUST
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