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Data: Fair

Cocamide Dea

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Other Concerns

Use restrictions (moderate), Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (moderate), and Contamination concerns (high)

SYNONYMS

● AMIDES, COCO, N,N-BIS(2-HYDROXYETHYL)-

● AMIDES, COCO, N,NBIS(HYDROXYETHYL)

● COCAMIDE DEA

● COCO AMIDES, N,N-BIS(2-HYDROXYETHYL)-

● COCO N,N-BIS(2-HYDROXYETHYL)- AMIDES

● COCONUT DIETHANOLAMIDE

● COCONUT FATTY ACI D DIETHANOLAMIDE

● COCONUT FATTY ACID DIETHANOLAMIDE

● COCOYL DIETHANOLAMIDE

● DIETHANOLAMINE COCONUT FATTY ACID CONDENSATE

● N,N-BIS(2-HYDROXYETHYL)- AMIDES, COCO

● N,N-BIS(2-HYDROXYETHYL)- COCO AMIDES

● N,N-BIS(2-HYDROXYETHYL)COCO AMIDES

● N,N-BIS(2-HYDROXYETHYL)COCO FATTY ACID AMIDE

● N,N-BIS(2-HYDROXYETHYL)COCOAMIDE; N,N-BIS(2-HYDROXYETHYL)COCONUT FATTY ACID AMIDE; N,N-BIS(2-HYDROXYETHYL)COCONUT FATTY ACID AMIDE; N,N-BIS(2-HYDROXYETHYL) COCONUT OIL AMIDE; N,N-BIS(2-HYDROXYETHYL)CO

Unacceptable

Unacceptable: EWG VERIFIED products cannot contain this ingredient

This ingredient is a chemically-modified form of coconut oil; used as a foaming agent.

Common concerns

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MODERATE

Cancer
MODERATE

Allergies & Immunotoxicity
LOW

Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity
MODERATE

Use Restrictions

Ingredient concerns

CONCERNS
DATA SOURCES

Products with this Ingredient

liquid hand soap	22 products
shampoo	12 products
body wash/cleanser	9 products
facial cleanser	4 products
hair treatment/serum	1 products
mask	1 products
conditioner	1 products

Contamination concerns

Chemical
NITROSAMINES

Allergies/immunotoxicity

CONCERN	REFERENCE
Human skin toxicant or allergen - strong evidence	EWG Assessment of Open Scientific Literature
Limited evidence of immune system toxicity or allergies	National Library of Medicine HazMap

Cancer

CONCERN	REFERENCE
Possible human carcinogen	Open scientific literature
Limited evidence of carcinogenicity	Open scientific literature
Limited evidence of carcinogenicity	Int'l Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) - Carcinogens
Cancer - limited evidence	Scorecard.org Toxicity Information

Use restrictions

CONCERN	REFERENCE
Restricted in cosmetics (recommendations or requirements) - use, concentration, or manufacturing restrictions - any	CosIng
Determined safe for use in cosmetics, subject to concentration or use limitations - Safe for use in cosmetics with some qualifications	Cosmetic Ingredient Review Assessments

Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive)

CONCERN	REFERENCE
Classified as expected to be toxic or harmful	Environment Canada Domestic Substance List

Data gaps

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

Multiple, additive exposure sources

CONCERN	REFERENCE
Designated as safe for general or specific, limited use in food	FDA Everything Added to Food

EWG Assessment of Open Scientific Literature
NLM (National Library of Medicine). 2006. HazMap — Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Agents.
Open scientific/peer reviewed literature
IARC (International Agency for Research on Cancer). 2008. Overall Evaluations of Carcinogenicity to Humans, as evaluated in IARC Monographs Volumes 1-99 (a total of 935 agents, mixtures and exposures).
ED (Environmental Defense). 2006. Scorecard _ The Pollution Information Site. http://www.scorecard.org.
European Commission. 2013. Cosing, the European Commission database with information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. Accessed on March 1, 2013 at http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/cosmetics/cosing/ .
CIR (Cosmetic Ingredient Review). 2006. CIR Compendium, containing abstracts, discussions, and conclusions of CIR cosmetic ingredient safety assessments. Washington DC.
EC (Environment Canada). 2008. Domestic Substances List Categorization. Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) Environmental Registry.
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.

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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.

Data availability

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