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Aluminum Chlorohydrate

This ingredient’s score is higher if used in products that are inhalable (e.g., sprays, powders) because of respiratory concerns.
Products with the EWG VERIFIED mark have met use restrictions and warnings based on EWG review of company data.

IMAGE SOURCE: PubChem

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Other Concerns

Use restrictions (moderate), Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (moderate), and Ecotoxicology (low)

SYNONYMS

ALUMINIUM HYDROXYCHLORIDE, ALUMINUM CHLORHYDRATE, ALUMINUM CHLORHYDRATE 50% SOLUTION, ALUMINUM CHLORHYDROXIDE, ALUMINUM CHLORIDE HYDROXIDE, ALUMINUM CHLORIDE HYDROXIDE (AL2CL(OH)5), ALUMINUM CHLORIDE, BASIC, ALUMINUM CHLOROHYDRATE, ALUMINUM CHLOROHYDROL, ALUMINUM HYDROXYCHLORIDE, ALUMINUM OXYCHLORIDE, BASIC ALUMINUM CHLORIDE, and DIALUMINIUM CHLORIDE PENTAHYDROXIDE

Restricted

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

Aluminum Chlorohydrate is a complex inorganic salt that consists of complex basic aluminumchloride described empirically as: This complex is polymeric, loosely hydrated and encompasses a range of aluminum to chlorideratios from 2.1 down to but not including 1.9 to 1. In the United States, Aluminum Chlorohydrate may be used as an active ingredient in OTC drug products. When us ed as an active drug ingredient, the established name is Aluminum Chlorohydrate.

Common concerns

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LOW

Cancer
LOW

Allergies & Immunotoxicity
LOW

Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity
MODERATE

Use Restrictions

Ingredient concerns

CONCERNS
DATA SOURCES

Products with this Ingredient

antiperspirant/deodorant	70 products
antiperspirant/deodorant (men's)	20 products
moisturizer	2 products
	2 products
damaged skin treatment	1 products
makeup primer	1 products
shampoo	1 products
setting powder/spray	1 products
body spray	1 products
hand cream	1 products

Use restrictions

CONCERN	REFERENCE
Restricted in cosmetics (recommendations or requirements) - use, concentration, or manufacturing restrictions - Use is restricted in Canadian cosmetics	Canada - Prohibited and Restricted Cosmetics Ingredients
Restricted in cosmetics (recommendations or requirements) - use, concentration, or manufacturing restrictions - any	Open scientific literature

Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive)

CONCERN	REFERENCE
Classified as expected to be toxic or harmful	Environment Canada Domestic Substance List
Limited evidence of any toxicity	Scorecard.org Toxicity Information

Cancer

CONCERN	REFERENCE
Cancer - limited evidence	Open scientific literature
One or more animal studies show tumor formation at high doses	Open scientific literature
Not likely to be carcinogenic in humans	Open scientific literature

Ecotoxicology

CONCERN	REFERENCE
Suspected to be an environmental toxin and be persistent or bioaccumulative	Environment Canada Domestic Substance List
Suspected to be an environmental toxin	Environment Canada Domestic Substance List

Data gaps

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

Persistence and bioaccumulation

CONCERN	REFERENCE
Not suspected to be bioaccumulative	Environment Canada Domestic Substance List

Health Canada. 2007. List of Prohibited and Restricted Cosmetic Ingredients. Canada's Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist. March 2007.
Open scientific/peer reviewed literature
EC (Environment Canada). 2008. Domestic Substances List Categorization. Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) Environmental Registry.
ED (Environmental Defense). 2006. Scorecard _ The Pollution Information Site. http://www.scorecard.org.
NLM (National Library of Medicine). 2012. PubMed online scientific bibliography data. http://www.pubmed.gov.

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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.

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Hazard score

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Data availability

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