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Data: Limited

Acrylates Copolymer

  • Products with the EWG VERIFIED mark have met the program’s impurity and use restrictions based on EWG's review of the company's data.

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Other Concerns

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

SYNONYMS

● ACRYLATES COPOLYMER
● ACRYLIC/ACRYLATE COPOLYMER
● ACRYLIC/ACRYLATES 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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nail polish420 products
body wash/cleanser178 products
lipstick178 products
shampoo178 products
mascara133 products
facial cleanser129 products
foundation108 products
eye liner106 products
eye shadow80 products
brow liner65 products
lip gloss60 products
liquid hand soap56 products
hair spray39 products
glitter38 products
exfoliant/scrub35 products
tooth whitening33 products
conditioner27 products
hair styling aide27 products
eyelash glue19 products
facial moisturizer/treatment17 products
hair color and bleaching15 products
styling gel/lotion14 products
nail treatment13 products
mask13 products
recreational sunscreen13 products
daily use with SPF12 products
concealer11 products
blush10 products
hair treatment/serum10 products
makeup primer9 products
styling mousse/foam9 products
anti-aging8 products
shaving cream8 products
nail glue8 products
around-eye cream7 products
bubble bath6 products
bronzer/highlighter6 products
serums & essences5 products
moisturizer4 products
bath oil/salts/soak4 products
hand sanitizer4 products
body firming lotion3 products
facial powder3 products
lip balm3 products
hand cream3 products
setting powder/spray3 products
muscle/joint soreness2 products
makeup remover2 products
after sun product2 products
beard cleanser2 products
depilatory1 products
oil controller1 products
baby soap1 products
other eye makeup1 products
baby shampoo1 products
baby sunscreen1 products
1 products
skin fading/lightener1 products

Contamination concerns

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Chemical
METHACRYLIC ACID
ACRYLIC ACID
2-ETHYLHEXYL ACRYLATE

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 qualificationsCosmetic Ingredient Review Assessments

Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs)

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CONCERN REFERENCE
any irritation - weight of evidence unknown/unassessedOpen scientific literature

Data gaps

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CONCERN REFERENCE
Considered safe based on assumption of low absorptionCosmetic Ingredient Review Assessments
0 studies in PubMed science library may include information on the toxicity of this chemicalNLM PubMed

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
  • CIR (Cosmetic Ingredient Review). 2006. CIR Compendium, containing abstracts, discussions, and conclusions of CIR cosmetic ingredient safety assessments. Washington DC.
  • Open scientific/peer reviewed literature
  • 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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