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Data: Limited

Acrylates Copolymer

  • Products with this ingredient are allowed for use in EWG VERIFIED but must meet use restrictions and warnings based on EWG review of company data.
  • This ingredient's score is higher if used in products that may not meet industry safety guidelines or U.S. and international government requirements and may have contamination concerns from toxic impurities. The score will be lower if used in products that do meet these safety guidelines and requirements and EWG’s contamination restrictions.

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Other Concerns

Use restrictions (low), Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low), and Contamination concerns (high)

SYNONYMS

● ACRYLATES COPOLYMER
● ACRYLIC/ACRYLATES COPOLYMER
● ACRYLIC/ACRYLATE COPOLYMER

Restricted

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

Acrylates copolymer is composed of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid building blocks.

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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bath oil/salts/soak13 products
shampoo290 products
hair styling aide55 products
hair color and bleaching42 products
styling gel/lotion33 products
Hair Styling Gel3 products
facial cleanser212 products
exfoliant/scrub78 products
body wash/cleanser327 products
fragrance for men1 products
makeup primer18 products
facial powder9 products
mascara287 products
nail polish1245 products
foundation170 products
hair spray78 products
bronzer/highlighter39 products
lipstick283 products
concealer33 products
conditioner41 products
nail treatment35 products
brow liner92 products
eye shadow166 products
facial moisturizer/treatment28 products
liquid hand soap83 products
eye liner200 products
nail glue29 products
tooth whitening81 products
bubble bath15 products
glitter92 products
lip gloss141 products
Denture Care2 products
styling mousse/foam17 products
lip balm7 products
bar soap3 products
blush17 products
beard cleanser10 products
Facial Cleansing Water1 products
body firming lotion7 products
mask46 products
moisturizer7 products
daily use with SPF13 products
around-eye cream11 products
baby shampoo8 products
baby soap2 products
serums & essences7 products
setting powder/spray8 products
fragrance for women1 products
hair treatment/serum12 products
eyelash glue30 products
body art1 products
anti-aging9 products
recreational sunscreen15 products
foot cleansing1 products
foot odor control2 products
hand sanitizer5 products
detangler1 products
BB cream1 products
lip liner10 products
muscle/joint soreness2 products
oil controller1 products
shaving cream8 products
baby sunscreen1 products
Basecoats and Undercoats1 products
after sun product2 products
depilatory5 products
makeup remover3 products
Dry Shampoo and Hair Powders5 products
hand cream3 products
other eye makeup4 products
skin fading/lightener1 products
lip plumper1 products
pore strips1 products
damaged skin treatment2 products
Beard Soaps1 products
CC cream4 products
beard care1 products
Beard Conditioners1 products

Contamination concerns

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Chemical
METHACRYLIC ACID
ACRYLIC ACID
BENZENE
2-ETHYLHEXYL ACRYLATE

Data gaps

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CONCERN REFERENCE
Considered safe based on assumption of low absorptionIJT 21(S3):1-50, 2002

Use restrictions

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CONCERN REFERENCE
Determined safe for use in cosmetics, subject to concentration or use limitations - Safe for use in cosmetics with some qualificationsIJT 21(S3):1-50, 2002
Determined safe for use in cosmetics, subject to concentration or use limitations - Determined safe for use when formulated to avoid irritation, in assessment by industry safety panel (Cosmetic Ingredient Review, CIR)IJT 21(S3):1-50, 2002

Informational

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CONCERN REFERENCE
Industry or government recommendations for safe use: restrictions on concentration, impurities, product types, or manufacturing methods - anyCosmetic Ingredient Review Assessments

Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs)

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CONCERN REFERENCE
skin/eye/lung irritation - weight of evidence unknown/unassessed
  • IJT 21(S3):1-50, 2002
  • CIR (Cosmetic Ingredient Review). 2006. CIR Compendium, containing abstracts, discussions, and conclusions of CIR cosmetic ingredient safety assessments. Washington DC.

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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