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Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate

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Other Concerns

Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (moderate)

SYNONYMS

● DOCUSATE SODIUM

● 1,4-BIS(2-ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER SODIUM SALT BUTANEDIOIC ACID, SULFO-

● 1,4-BIS(2-ETHYLHEXYL)SULFOBUTANEDIOATE, SODIUM SALT

● BUTANEDIOIC ACID, SULFO, 1,4BIS(2ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER, SODIUM SALT

● BUTANEDIOIC ACID, SULFO-, 1,4-BIS(2-ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER, SODIUM SALT

● DI(2-ETHYLHEXYL)SULFOSUCCINIC ACID, SODIUM SALT

● DI-(2-ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER SODIUM SALT SULFOSUCCINIC ACID

● DI-(2-ETHYLHEXYL) SODIUM SULFOSUCCINATE

● DI-(2-ETHYLHEXYL) SODIUM SULFOSUCCINATE SOLUTION

● DIETHYLHEXYL SODIUM SULFOSUCCINATE

● DIOCTYL SODIUM SULFOSUC CINATE

● DIOCTYL SODIUM SULFOSUCCINATE

● DOCUSATE SODIUM

● SODIUM DI-(2-ETHYLHEXYL) SULFOSUCCINATE

● SODIUM DIOCTYL SULFOSUCCINATE

● SODIUM SALT 1,4-BIS(2-ETHYLHEXYL)SULFOBUTANEDIOATE

● SODIUM SALT BUTANEDIOIC ACID, SULFO-, 1,4-BIS(2-ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER

● SODIUM SALT SULFOSUCCINIC ACID, DI-(2-ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER

● SULFOSUCCINIC ACID, 1,4-BIS(2-ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER, SODIUM SALTE

● SULFOSUCCINIC ACID, DI-(2-ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER, SODIUM SALT

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

Diethylhexyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate is a sodium salt of the diester of 2-ethylhexyl alcoholand sulfosuccinic acid.

Common concerns

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LOW

Cancer
LOW

Allergies & Immunotoxicity
LOW

Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity
LOW

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Ingredient concerns

CONCERNS
DATA SOURCES

Products with this Ingredient

mask	12 products
eye liner	8 products
facial cleanser	6 products
brow liner	3 products
bath oil/salts/soak	2 products
toners/astringents	2 products
body wash/cleanser	2 products
exfoliant/scrub	1 products
hair treatment/serum	1 products

Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive)

CONCERN	REFERENCE
Classified as expected to be toxic or harmful	Environment Canada Domestic Substance List
Classified as medium human health priority	Open scientific literature
One or more animal studies show any effects at moderate doses (low dose studies may be unavailable for this ingredient)	EPA Categorized List of Inert Pesticide Ingredients

Data gaps

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 product	Cosmetic Ingredient Review Assessments
1886 studies in PubMed science library may include information on the toxicity of this chemical	NLM PubMed

Ecotoxicology

CONCERN	REFERENCE
Not suspected to be an environmental toxin	Open scientific literature

Informational

CONCERN	REFERENCE
Industry or government recommendations for safe use: restrictions on concentration, impurities, product types, or manufacturing methods - any	Cosmetic Ingredient Review Assessments

Multiple, additive exposure sources

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

Persistence and bioaccumulation

CONCERN	REFERENCE
Not suspected to be bioaccumulative	Open scientific literature
Not suspected to be persistent	Open scientific literature

EC (Environment Canada). 2008. Domestic Substances List Categorization. Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) Environmental Registry.
Open scientific/peer reviewed literature
EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency). 1987 & 2005. Office of Pesticide Programs. Inert (other) Pesticide Ingredients in Pesticide Products - Categorized List of Inert (other) Pesticide Ingredients.
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.
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.

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