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Achillea Millefolium (Common Yarrow) Extract

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Other Concerns

Multiple, additive exposure sources (low)

SYNONYMS

● ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM
● ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM (COMMON YARROW) EXTRACT
● COMMON YARROW EXTRACT
● EXTRACT OF ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM
● EXTRACT OF YARROW
● MILFOIL EXTRACT
● YARROW (ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM) EXTRACT
● YARROW EXTRACT
● YARROW HERB (ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM L.)
● YARROW, ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM, EXT.

This ingredient is not currently on EWG's Skin Deep Restricted or Unacceptable Lists.

Achillea Millefolium Extract is an extract of the whole plant of the yarrow, Achillea millefolium.

Common concerns

See how this product scores for common concerns.

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

Ingredient concerns

  • CONCERNS
  • DATA SOURCES

Products with this Ingredient

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conditioner32 products
shampoo24 products
hair styling aide20 products
facial moisturizer/treatment15 products
hair treatment/serum14 products
mask12 products
styling gel/lotion12 products
CC cream11 products
serums & essences10 products
moisturizer8 products
concealer7 products
hair spray6 products
facial cleanser6 products
5 products
around-eye cream5 products
liquid hand soap4 products
styling mousse/foam3 products
detangler2 products
setting powder/spray2 products
bubble bath2 products
exfoliant/scrub2 products
recreational sunscreen2 products
daily use with SPF2 products
body wash/cleanser2 products
makeup primer2 products
baby soap1 products
body oil1 products
hair color and bleaching1 products
baby lotion1 products
skin fading/lightener1 products
baby shampoo1 products
antiperspirant/deodorant (men's)1 products
shaving cream (men's)1 products
toners/astringents1 products
after sun product1 products
after shave1 products
bath oil/salts/soak1 products
antiperspirant/deodorant1 products
foot moisturizer1 products

Allergies/immunotoxicity

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CONCERN REFERENCE
Human skin toxicant or allergen - strong evidenceCosmetic Ingredient Review Assessments

Multiple, additive exposure sources

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CONCERN REFERENCE
Used in food or as an additive with limited or no toxicity information availableFDA Everything Added to Food

Data gaps

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CONCERN REFERENCE
Insufficient data to determine safetyCosmetic Ingredient Review Assessments
155 studies in PubMed science library may include information on the toxicity of this chemicalNLM PubMed
  • CIR (Cosmetic Ingredient Review). 2006. CIR Compendium, containing abstracts, discussions, and conclusions of CIR cosmetic ingredient safety assessments. Washington DC.
  • 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.
  • NLM (National Library of Medicine). 2012. PubMed online scientific bibliography data. http://www.pubmed.gov.

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.

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WEIGHT-OF-EVIDENCE APPROACH

A product’s hazard score is not an average of the ingredients’ hazard scores. It is calculated using a weight-of-evidence approach that factors in all of the hazards or health impacts associated with the ingredients.

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
Low Availability
Moderate Availability
High Availability
NONE

Ingredients have not been assessed.

LIMITED-FAIR

There is only a modest volume of research.

GOOD-ROBUST

Ingredients have been studied extensively.

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