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Data: Fair

Camellia Sinensis (Green Tea) Extract

  • Products with the EWG VERIFIED mark have met use restrictions and warnings based on EWG review of company data.

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Other Concerns

Use restrictions (moderate)

SYNONYMS

● CAMELLIA SINENSIS (GREEN TEA) EXTRACT
● CAMELLIA SINENSIS (GREEN TEA) INFUSION
● CAMELLIA SINENSIS (TEA PLANT) EXTRACT
● CAMELLIA SINENSIS EXTRACT
● CAMELLIA SINENSIS INFUSION
● JAPANESE GREEN TEA EXTRACT
● MATCHA CEREMONIAL (GREEN TEA) EXTRACT
● MATCHA CEREMONIAL EXTRACT
● TEA EXTRACT (CAMELLIA SINENSIS EXTRACT)

Restricted

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

Green tea extract.

Common concerns

See how this product scores for common concerns.

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

Ingredient concerns

  • CONCERNS
  • DATA SOURCES

Products with this Ingredient

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recreational sunscreen41 products
facial moisturizer/treatment36 products
moisturizer25 products
serums & essences21 products
daily use with SPF16 products
facial cleanser14 products
baby sunscreen12 products
around-eye cream12 products
shampoo12 products
sunless tanning11 products
conditioner11 products
toners/astringents10 products
mask8 products
hair styling aide8 products
hand cream8 products
blush7 products
body wash/cleanser6 products
exfoliant/scrub6 products
hair treatment/serum5 products
after sun product4 products
bronzer/highlighter4 products
foundation4 products
facial powder4 products
anti-aging3 products
makeup remover3 products
setting powder/spray2 products
BB cream2 products
shaving cream2 products
antiperspirant/deodorant2 products
makeup removing wipes1 products
baby wipes1 products
foot moisturizer1 products
baby soap1 products
bubble bath1 products
lip balm with SPF1 products
tanning oil1 products
baby shampoo1 products
body oil1 products
detangler1 products
toothpaste1 products
bar soap1 products

Use restrictions

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CONCERN REFERENCE
Recommended restricted in cosmetics - use, concentration, or manufacturing restrictions - Fragrance subject to restrictions: safe only within recommended use or concentration limitsn)International Fragrance Association Codes & Standards

Data gaps

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CONCERN REFERENCE
1487 studies in PubMed science library may include information on the toxicity of this chemicalNLM PubMed

Multiple, additive exposure sources

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CONCERN REFERENCE
Designated as safe for general or specific, limited use in foodFDA Everything Added to Food
  • IFRA (International Fragrance Association). 2006. Codes and Standards.
  • NLM (National Library of Medicine). 2012. PubMed online scientific bibliography data. http://www.pubmed.gov.
  • 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.

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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