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Argania Spinosa (Argan) Kernel Oil

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SYNONYMS

● ARGAN KERNEL OIL
● ARGAN OIL
● ARGANIA SIDEROXYLON OILS
● ARGANIA SPINOSA (ARGAN) KERNEL OIL
● ARGANIA SPINOSA (ARGAN) OIL
● ARGANIA SPINOSA KERNEL OIL
● ARGANIA SPINOSA OIL
● ARGANIA SPINOSA OILS
● ARRGANIA SIDEROXYLON OIL
● OILS, ARGANIA SIDEROXYLON
● OILS, ARGANIA SPINOSA

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

Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil is a fixed oil expressed from the kernels of the African tree, Argania spinosa.

Common concerns

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

Ingredient concerns

  • CONCERNS
  • DATA SOURCES

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Data gaps

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CONCERN REFERENCE
Risk assessment method deficiencies and data gaps - Maximum reported "as used" concentration is basis of safety assessment by industry safety panel (Cosmetic Ingredient Review, CIR) - implicit safe concentration limit in productCosmetic Ingredient Review Assessments
45 studies in PubMed science library may include information on the toxicity of this chemicalNLM PubMed

Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs)

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CONCERN REFERENCE
any - weight of evidence unknown/unassessed/unreview: published lit review or major tox studyOpen scientific literature

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

Biochemical or cellular level changes

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CONCERN REFERENCE
Does not produces excess reactive oxygen species or other harmful biochemical changes.Open scientific literature

Allergies/immunotoxicity

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CONCERN REFERENCE
Not likely to be a any toxicant or allergenic in humansOpen scientific literature
  • CIR (Cosmetic Ingredient Review). 2006. CIR Compendium, containing abstracts, discussions, and conclusions of CIR cosmetic ingredient safety assessments. Washington DC.
  • NLM (National Library of Medicine). 2012. PubMed online scientific bibliography data. http://www.pubmed.gov.
  • Open scientific/peer reviewed literature

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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