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Abies Balsamea (Balsam)

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Other Concerns

Use restrictions (high)

SYNONYMS

ABIES BALSAMEA, ABIES BALSAMEA (BALSAM CANADA) RESIN, ABIES BALSAMEA (BALSAM), ABIES BALSAMEA BALSAM, ABIES BALSAMEA BALSAMS, ABIES BALSAMEA OLEORESIN, BALSAM, BALSAM CANADA, BALSAM CANADA RESIN, BALSAM OF FIR, BALSAMS, ABIES BALSAMEA, BALSAMS, CANADA, CANADA BALSAMS, CANADIAN BALSAM, FIR BALSAM, and FIR BALSAM ABSOLUTE

Restricted

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

Abies Balsamea (Balsam Canada) Resin is an oleoresin obtained from the balsam fir, Abiesbalsamea.

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

conditioner	3 products
	3 products
shampoo	2 products
muscle/joint soreness	1 products
beard oil	1 products
facial cleanser	1 products

Use restrictions

CONCERN	REFERENCE
Violation of government restrictions - Restricted in cosmetics; use, concentration, or manufacturing restrictions - any	Open scientific literature
Restricted in cosmetics (recommendations or requirements) - use, concentration, or manufacturing restrictions - any	CosIng

Data gaps

CONCERN	REFERENCE
75 studies in PubMed science library may include information on the toxicity of this chemical	NLM PubMed

Ecotoxicology

CONCERN	REFERENCE
Not suspected to be an environmental toxin	Environment Canada Domestic Substance List

Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive)

CONCERN	REFERENCE
Classified as not expected to be potentially toxic or harmful	Environment Canada Domestic Substance List

Open scientific/peer reviewed literature
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.
EC (Environment Canada). 2008. Domestic Substances List Categorization. Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) Environmental Registry.

Understanding scores

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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.

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Hazard score

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Data availability

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