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Disteardimonium Hectorite

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SYNONYMS

● DISTEARDIMONIUM HECTORITE

Restricted

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

Disteardimonium hectorite is an ingredient based on naturally occurring clay mineral hectorite; this ingredient is used as a thickening agent.

Common concerns

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LOW

Cancer
LOW

Allergies & Immunotoxicity
LOW

Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity
LOW

Use Restrictions

Ingredient concerns

CONCERNS
DATA SOURCES

Products with this Ingredient

foundation	1462 products
concealer	903 products
lipstick	884 products
eye shadow	217 products
eye liner	154 products
blush	144 products
CC cream	140 products
daily use with SPF	124 products
mascara	105 products
lip gloss	99 products
lip liner	96 products
brow liner	85 products
bronzer/highlighter	85 products
BB cream	65 products
makeup primer	57 products
antiperspirant/deodorant	52 products
shampoo	36 products
	32 products
recreational sunscreen	25 products
antiperspirant/deodorant (men's)	22 products
facial moisturizer/treatment	22 products
lip balm	18 products
serums & essences	13 products
around-eye cream	10 products
hair color and bleaching	8 products
mask	5 products
glitter	5 products
sunless tanning	5 products
exfoliant/scrub	4 products
body art	4 products
moisturizer	4 products
other eye makeup	4 products
conditioner	3 products
facial powder	3 products
setting powder/spray	3 products
hair styling aide	2 products
skin fading/lightener	2 products
body spray	2 products
anti-aging	2 products
hair spray	2 products
hand sanitizer	1 products
hair treatment/serum	1 products
facial cleanser	1 products
makeup remover	1 products

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
0 studies in PubMed science library may include information on the toxicity of this chemical	NLM PubMed

Informational

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

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.

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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

The Skin Deep data availability rating reflects the number of scientific studies about the product or ingredient in the published scientific literature.

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