Other Concerns
Neurotoxicity (moderate), Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (moderate), and Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (high)SYNONYMS
This ingredient is not currently on EWG's Skin Deep Restricted or Unacceptable Lists.
Acetone is an aliphatic ketone.
Common concerns
See how this product scores for common concerns.
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LOWCancer
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LOWAllergies & Immunotoxicity
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LOWDevelopmental and Reproductive Toxicity
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LOWUse Restrictions
Ingredient concerns
- CONCERNS
- DATA SOURCES
Products with this Ingredient
polish remover | 80 products |
nail polish | 10 products |
hair color and bleaching | 9 products |
hair spray | 5 products |
glitter | 4 products |
nail treatment | 1 products |
eye liner | 1 products |
nail glue | 1 products |
after shave | 1 products |
concealer | 1 products |
facial moisturizer/treatment | 1 products |
facial cleansing wipes | 1 products |
Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs)
CONCERN | REFERENCE |
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Classified as irritant | CPS&Q - Classification & Labelling |
Human eye irritant - strong evidence | Open scientific literature |
Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive)
CONCERN | REFERENCE |
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Known human respiratory irritant toxicant | Open scientific literature |
Classified as expected to be toxic or harmful | Environment Canada Domestic Substance List |
Classified as medium human health priority | Environment Canada Domestic Substance List |
One or more animal studies show classified as toxic effects at moderate doses (low dose studies may be unavailable for this ingredient) | EPA Toxic Release Inventory PBTs |
Neurotoxicity
CONCERN | REFERENCE |
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Moderate evidence of human neurotoxicity | Open scientific literature |
nervous system - weight of evidence unknown/unassessed/unreview: published lit review or major tox study | National Library of Medicine HazMap |
Miscellaneous
CONCERN | REFERENCE |
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Occupational hazards related to handling | CPS&Q - Classification & Labelling |
Data gaps
CONCERN | REFERENCE |
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20552 studies in PubMed science library may include information on the toxicity of this chemical | NLM PubMed |
Cancer
CONCERN | REFERENCE |
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Not likely to be carcinogenic in humans | EPA Water Disinfection By-Products Carcinogenicity |
Multiple, additive exposure sources
CONCERN | REFERENCE |
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Designated as safe for general or specific, limited use in food | FDA Food Additive Status |
Designated as safe for general or specific, limited use in food | FDA Everything Added to Food |
Ecotoxicology
CONCERN | REFERENCE |
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Not suspected to be an environmental toxin | Environment Canada Domestic Substance List |
Persistence and bioaccumulation
CONCERN | REFERENCE |
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Not suspected to be bioaccumulative | Environment Canada Domestic Substance List |
- 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.
- Open scientific/peer reviewed literature
- EC (Environment Canada). 2008. Domestic Substances List Categorization. Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) Environmental Registry.
- EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency). 1999. Toxics Release Inventory Program. PBT Chemical Rule.
- NLM (National Library of Medicine). 2006. HazMap — Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Agents.
- NLM (National Library of Medicine). 2012. PubMed online scientific bibliography data. http://www.pubmed.gov.
- EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency). 2006. EPA Water Disinfection By-Products with Carcinogenicity Estimates. Last updated: 10 April 2006.
- 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.
- 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.
Understanding scores
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Data availability
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