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Data: Limited

Disodium Cocoamphodipropionate

  • Products with the EWG VERIFIED mark have met the program’s impurity and use restrictions based on EWG's review of the company's data.

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Other Concerns

Use restrictions (low) and Contamination concerns (high)

SYNONYMS

● B-ALANINE, N-(2-AMINOETHYL)-N-[2-(2-CARBOXYETHOXY)ETHYL]-, NORCOCO ACYL DERIVS., DISODIUM SALTS
● COCOAMPHOCARBOXYPROPIONATE
● COCOAMPHODI PROPIONATE
● DISODIUM COCOAMPHODIPROPIONATE
● DISODIUM N-COCOYL-N-CARBOXYETHOXYETHYL-N-CARBOXYETHYLETHYLENEDIAMINE
● DISODIUM SALTS B-ALANINE, N-(2-AMINOETHYL)-N-[2-(2-CARBOXYETHOXY)ETHYL]-, NORCOCO ACYL DERIVS.
● DISODIUM SALTS N-(2-AMINOETHYL)-N-[2-(2-(2-CARBOXYETHOXY)ETHYL]B -ALANINE, NORCOCO ACYL DERIVS.
● N-(2-AMINOETHYL)-N-[2-(2-(2-CARBOXYETHOXY)ETHYL]B -ALANINE, NORCOCO ACYL DERIVS., DISODIUM SALTS
● NORCOCO ACYL DERIVS. DISODIUM SALTS B-ALANINE, N-(2-AMINOETHYL)-N-[2-(2-CARBOXYETHOXY)ETHYL]-
● NORCOCO ACYL DERIVS. DISODIUM SALTS N-(2-AMINOETHYL)-N-[2-(2-(2-CARBOXYETHOXY)ETHYL]B -ALANINE

Restricted

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

Disodium Cocoamphodipropionate is an amphoteric organic compound.

Common concerns

See how this product scores for common concerns.

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

Ingredient concerns

  • CONCERNS
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Products with this Ingredient

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shampoo55 products
conditioner12 products
exfoliant/scrub3 products
hair treatment/serum2 products
liquid hand soap2 products
body wash/cleanser2 products
facial cleanser1 products
hair spray1 products
beard cleanser1 products
hair relaxer1 products
styling mousse/foam1 products
eye makeup remover1 products

Contamination concerns

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Chemical
NITROSAMINES

Allergies/immunotoxicity

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CONCERN REFERENCE
Limited evidence of immune system toxicity or allergiesNational Library of Medicine HazMap
any or allergies - weight of evidence unknown/unassessedOpen scientific literature

Use restrictions

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CONCERN REFERENCE
Determined safe for use in cosmetics, subject to concentration or use limitations - Safe for use in cosmetics with some qualificationsCosmetic Ingredient Review Assessments

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
1 studies in PubMed science library may include information on the toxicity of this chemicalNLM PubMed

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
  • NLM (National Library of Medicine). 2006. HazMap — Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Agents.
  • Open scientific/peer reviewed 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.

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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