EWG Skin Deep® | What is GLYCINE

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Data: Fair

Glycine

IMAGE SOURCE: PubChem

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SYNONYMS

● AMINOACETIC ACID

● AMINOETHANOIC ACID

● GLYCINE

● GLYCOCOLL

Restricted

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

Glycine is a naturally occurring amino acid.

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	89 products
shampoo	66 products
conditioner	60 products
antiperspirant/deodorant	54 products
antiperspirant/deodorant (men's)	48 products
facial moisturizer/treatment	41 products
serums & essences	40 products
hair treatment/serum	40 products
mask	31 products
facial cleanser	18 products
hair styling aide	16 products
toothpaste	15 products
body wash/cleanser	14 products
moisturizer	14 products
around-eye cream	13 products
toners/astringents	8 products
exfoliant/scrub	8 products
styling gel/lotion	7 products
liquid hand soap	6 products
brow liner	6 products
hair color and bleaching	5 products
blush	4 products
hair spray	4 products
makeup remover	3 products
anti-aging	3 products
hair-loss treatment	3 products
recreational sunscreen	2 products
daily use with SPF	2 products
other eye makeup	2 products
baby wipes	2 products
tooth whitening	2 products
bar soap	2 products
hand cream	2 products
styling mousse/foam	1 products
shaving cream	1 products
makeup removing wipes	1 products
body spray	1 products
facial cleansing wipes	1 products
body firming lotion	1 products
detangler	1 products
foot moisturizer	1 products
makeup primer	1 products
after sun product	1 products
baby soap	1 products

Multiple, additive exposure sources

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

Data gaps

CONCERN	REFERENCE
60773 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	Open scientific literature

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

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.
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.
NLM (National Library of Medicine). 2012. PubMed online scientific bibliography data. http://www.pubmed.gov.
Open scientific/peer reviewed literature
EC (Environment Canada). 2008. Domestic Substances List Categorization. Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) Environmental Registry.

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.

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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