PETROLEUM
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About the ratings
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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Synonym(s): ALIPHATIC PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; BASE OIL; CRUDE PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM CRUDE; ROCK OIL; SENECA OIL; VIROL
Use restrictions |
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| Violation of government restrictions - Banned or found unsafe for use in cosmetics |
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European Union - Banned or Restricted in Cosmetics |
Cancer |
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| Possible human carcinogen |
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European Union - Classification & Labelling |
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| Cancer - not classifiable/not likely to be human carcinogen |
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Int'l Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) - Carcinogens | |
Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive) |
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| Classified as a high human health priority |
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Environment Canada Domestic Substance List |
| Classified as expected to be toxic or harmful |
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Environment Canada Domestic Substance List |
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| Limited evidence of gastrointestinal or liver toxicity |
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National Library of Medicine HazMap | |
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 |
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 | |
Neurotoxicity |
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| nervous system - weight of evidence unknown/unassessed/unreview: published lit review or major tox study |
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National Library of Medicine HazMap |
Data gaps |
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| Not assessed for safety in cosmetics by industry panel |
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Government, industry, academic studies and classifications |
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appears on list as |
classification(s) |
| European Union - Classification & Labelling | PETROLEUM | Carc. Cat. 2; R45 |
| European Union - Banned or Restricted in Cosmetics | PETROLEUM | Banned in EU Cosmetics |
| National Library of Medicine HazMap | PETROLEUM DISTILLATES | SD: No;HE: Hepatotoxin, Secondary;NT: CNS Solvent Syndrome;PE: 500 ppm;TL: 300 ppm(gasoline and VM & P naphtha), 100 ppm(Stoddard solvent);FL: 4: burns readily;ID: 1100 ppm; |
| Int'l Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) - Carcinogens | CRUDE OIL | IARC GROUP 3 |
| Environment Canada Domestic Substance List | PETROLEUM | Y-Categorization,Y-Human health,High-Health Priority,Y-Persistent,Y-Bioaccumulative,Y-AquaticTox,,,, |
Other RTECS® classifications [shown for informational purposes only] |
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appears on list as |
classification(s) |
| RTECS®- "Vrednie chemichescie veshestva 1998 | PETROLEUM | • skin - Primary skin irritant ( human )
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| RTECS®- Carcinogenesis--A Comprehensive Survey 1978 | PETROLEUM | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Mutation in Micro-organism (Salmonella typhimurium )
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references |
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| European Union - Classification & Labelling | CPS&Q (Consumer Products Safety & Quality) formely known as ECB (European Chemicals Bureau). 2008. Classification and Labelling: Chemicals: Annex VI of Directive 67/548/EEC through the 31st ATP. |
| European Union - Banned or Restricted in Cosmetics | EC (European Commission of the European Union). 1999-2006. Enterprise Directorate-General Pharmaceuticals and Cosmetics. The rules governing cosmetic products in the European Union, Volume 1, "Cosmetics legislation." |
| National Library of Medicine HazMap | NLM (National Library of Medicine). 2006. HazMap — Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Agents. |
| Int'l Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) - Carcinogens | IARC (International Agency for Research on Cancer). 2008. Overall Evaluations of Carcinogenicity to Humans, as evaluated in IARC Monographs Volumes 1-99 (a total of 935 agents, mixtures and exposures). |
| Environment Canada Domestic Substance List | EC (Environment Canada). 2008. Domestic Substances List Categorization. Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) Environmental Registry. |
| RTECS®- "Vrednie chemichescie veshestva 1998 [shown for informational purposes only] | RTECS®- "Vrednie chemichescie veshestva. Prirodnie organicheskie soedinenia" (Hazardous substances. Nature products.) Volkova N.V. et al., Sankt-Peterburg, 1998. -,38,1998 |
| RTECS®- Carcinogenesis--A Comprehensive Survey 1978 [shown for informational purposes only] | RTECS®- Carcinogenesis--A Comprehensive Survey. (Raven Press, 1185 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10036) V.1- 3,21,1978 |
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