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Data: Fair

Eucalyptus Globulus (Eucalyptus) Leaf Oil

  • Products with the EWG VERIFIED mark have met use restrictions and warnings based on EWG review of company data.

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Other Concerns

Enhanced skin absorption, Use restrictions (moderate), and Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low)

SYNONYMS

● DINKUM OIL
● EUCALYPTUS AROMA ESSENCE
● EUCALYPTUS CITRIODORA; EUCALYPTUS CITRIODORA DISTILLATE; EUCALYPTUS CITRIODORA OIL; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS DISTILLATE; EUCALYPTUS OIL; EUCALYPTUS OIL CITRIODORA; GLOBULUS; OIL EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS OR MACA
● EUCALYPTUS DIVES OIL
● EUCALYPTUS ESSENTIAL OIL
● EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS (BLUE GUM EUCALYPTUS) ESSENTIAL OIL
● EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS (EUCALYPTUS) AROMA ESSENCE
● EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS (EUCALYPTUS) ESSENTIAL OIL
● EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS (EUCALYPTUS) LEAF OIL
● EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS (EUCALYPTUS) OIL
● EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS (TASMANIAN BLUE GUM) ESSENTIAL OIL
● EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS (TASMANIAN BLUE GUM) OIL
● EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS AROMA ESSENCE
● EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS ESSENTIAL OIL
● EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS OIL
● EUCALYPTUS LEAF OIL
● EUCALYPTUS OIL
● EUCALYPTUS OIL (EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS LABILLE)
● EUCALYPTUS OILS
● OIL OF EUCALYPTUS
● OILS, EUCALYPTUS
● TASMANIAN BLUE GUM OIL

Restricted

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

Eucalyptus Globulus Leaf Oil is a volatile oil obtained from the fresh leaves of Eucalyptusglobulus and other species of Eucalyptus.

Common concerns

See how this product scores for common concerns.

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

Ingredient concerns

  • CONCERNS
  • DATA SOURCES

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Enhanced skin absorption

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CONCERN REFERENCE
Penetration enhancerOpen scientific literature

Allergies/immunotoxicity

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CONCERN REFERENCE
Known human any toxicant or allergenOpen scientific literature
Human any toxicant or allergen - strong evidenceOpen scientific literature
One or more human case studies show possible any or allergenic effectsOpen scientific literature
Limited evidence of any toxicity or allergiesOpen scientific literature
any or allergies - weight of evidence unknown/unassessedOpen scientific literature

Use restrictions

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CONCERN REFERENCE
Restricted in cosmetics (recommendations or requirements) - use, concentration, or manufacturing restrictions - Use is restricted in Canadian cosmeticsCanada - Prohibited and Restricted Cosmetics Ingredients

Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs)

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CONCERN REFERENCE
Limited evidence of any irritationOpen scientific literature

Ecotoxicology

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CONCERN REFERENCE
Wildlife and environmental toxicityOpen scientific literature
Not suspected to be an environmental toxinEnvironment Canada Domestic Substance List

Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive)

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CONCERN REFERENCE
Classified as not expected to be potentially toxic or harmfulEnvironment Canada Domestic Substance List

Persistence and bioaccumulation

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CONCERN REFERENCE
Not suspected to be persistentEnvironment Canada Domestic Substance List
Not suspected to be bioaccumulativeEnvironment Canada Domestic Substance List

Multiple, additive exposure sources

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

Data gaps

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CONCERN REFERENCE
622 studies in PubMed science library may include information on the toxicity of this chemicalNLM PubMed
  • Open scientific/peer reviewed literature
  • Health Canada. 2007. List of Prohibited and Restricted Cosmetic Ingredients. Canada's Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist. March 2007.
  • EC (Environment Canada). 2008. Domestic Substances List Categorization. Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) Environmental Registry.
  • 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.
  • 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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