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COUMARIN
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Data: Good
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Use restrictions (moderate)
Cancer 
Cancer: Ingredients linked to cancer in government, industry or academic studies or assessments.
Developmental & Reproductive Toxicity
Developmental and reproductive toxicity: Ingredients linked to developmental and reproductive toxicity, a broad class of health effects that range from infertility and reproductive organ cancers to birth defects and developmental delays in children.
Allergies & Immunotoxicity
Allergies and immunotoxicity: Ingredients linked to harm to the immune system, a class of health problems that manifest as allergic reactions or an impaired capacity to fight disease and repair damaged tissue in the body.
Products with this Ingredient
| fragrance for women | 163 products |
| hair treatment/serum | 157 products |
| shampoo | 151 products |
| conditioner | 148 products |
| moisturizer | 147 products |
| fragrance for men | 103 products |
| body wash/cleanser | 86 products |
| hair styling aide | 73 products |
| body spray | 62 products |
| antiperspirant/deodorant | 51 products |
| styling gel/lotion | 47 products |
| facial moisturizer/treatment | 47 products |
| hand cream | 45 products |
| bar soap | 39 products |
| foundation | 39 products |
| hair spray | 38 products |
| hair color and bleaching | 33 products |
| mask | 33 products |
| sunless tanning | 26 products |
| body oil | 24 products |
| antiperspirant/deodorant (men's) | 24 products |
| serums & essences | 24 products |
| liquid hand soap | 23 products |
| exfoliant/scrub | 21 products |
| facial cleanser | 17 products |
| detangler | 15 products |
| body firming lotion | 14 products |
| hand sanitizer | 14 products |
| daily use with SPF | 14 products |
| bath oil/salts/soak | 12 products |
| after shave | 11 products |
| styling mousse/foam | 10 products |
| setting powder/spray | 10 products |
| toners/astringents | 9 products |
| bronzer/highlighter | 8 products |
| concealer | 8 products |
| 7 products | |
| shaving cream (men's) | 6 products |
| anti-aging | 6 products |
| foot moisturizer | 6 products |
| beard oil | 6 products |
| baby lotion | 5 products |
| beard care | 5 products |
| shaving cream | 4 products |
| recreational sunscreen | 4 products |
| bubble bath | 4 products |
| baby shampoo | 4 products |
| baby soap | 4 products |
| makeup remover | 3 products |
| tanning oil | 3 products |
| around-eye cream | 3 products |
| blush | 3 products |
| lip balm | 3 products |
| skin fading/lightener | 2 products |
| cuticle treatment | 2 products |
| body powder | 2 products |
| after sun product | 2 products |
| baby bubble bath | 2 products |
| makeup primer | 2 products |
| facial powder | 1 products |
| eyelash glue | 1 products |
| muscle/joint soreness | 1 products |
| nail glue | 1 products |
| damaged skin treatment | 1 products |
| baby wipes | 1 products |
Allergies/immunotoxicity
| Concern | Reference |
|---|---|
| Known human immune system toxicant or allergen | SCCPNFP Opinion on Fragrance Allergy |
| Limited evidence of any toxicity or allergies | Open scientific literature |
Use restrictions
| 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 |
| Restricted in cosmetics - labeling requirement for allergens | CosIng |
Cancer
| Concern | Reference |
|---|---|
| Cancer - limited evidence | Scorecard.org Toxicity Information |
| Limited or incomplete evidence of cancer according to safety/hazard data – government assessment cannot classify as human carcinogen due to data gaps | Int'l Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) - Carcinogens |
Miscellaneous
| Concern | Reference |
|---|---|
| Prohibited for use in food | FDA Food Additive Status |
Informational
| Concern | Reference |
|---|---|
| Industry or government recommendations for safe use: restrictions on concentration, impurities, product types, or manufacturing methods - The substance was formerly approved as a food additive but is now banned; there may be some toxicology data available. | FDA Everything Added to Food |
Ecotoxicology
| Concern | Reference |
|---|---|
| Not suspected to be an environmental toxin | Environment Canada Domestic Substance List |
Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive)
| Concern | Reference |
|---|---|
| Classified as not expected to be potentially toxic or harmful | Environment Canada Domestic Substance List |
Persistence and bioaccumulation
| Concern | Reference |
|---|---|
| Not suspected to be persistent | Environment Canada Domestic Substance List |
| Not suspected to be bioaccumulative | Environment Canada Domestic Substance List |
Data gaps
| Concern | Reference |
|---|---|
| 8313 studies in PubMed science library may include information on the toxicity of this chemical | NLM PubMed |
Data Sources
- SCCPNFP (Scientific Committee On Cosmetic Products And Non-Food Products). 1999. Opinion Concerning Fragrance Allergy In Consumers. . SCCNFP/0017/98 Final, December 1999; and SCCPNFP (Scientific Committee On Cosmetic Products And Non-Food Products). 2000. An Initial List Of Perfumery Materials Which Must Not Form Part Of Fragrances Compounds Used In Cosmetic Products. SCCNFP/0320/00, final May 2000.
- Open scientific/peer reviewed literature
- IFRA (International Fragrance Association). 2006. Codes and Standards.
- 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/ .
- ED (Environmental Defense). 2006. Scorecard _ The Pollution Information Site. http://www.scorecard.org.
- 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).
- FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) 2006. Food Additive Status List. Downloaded from http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/%7Edms/opa-appa.html, Oct 16, 2006.
- 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.
- 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.
- Products with the EWG VERIFIED mark have met use restrictions and warnings based on EWG review of company data.
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