EWG Skin Deep® | What is LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA (LAVENDER)

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Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender)

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SYNONYMS

● HYPERABSOLUTE LAVENDER; LAVANDER OIL; LAVENDER; LAVENDER ABSOLUTE; LAVENDER CONCRETE; LAVENDER OIL

● LAVANDULA (LAVENDER)

● LAVANDULA (LAVENDER) FLOWER

● LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA

● LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA (LAVENDER)

● LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA FLOWER

● LAVANDULA FLOWER

● LAVANDULA OFFICINALIS

● LAVANDULA OFFICINALIS (LAVENDER)

● LAVANDULA OFFICINALIS OIL

● LAVENDER

● LAVENDER (LAVANDULA OFFICINALIS CHAIX)

● LAVENDER ABSOLUTE (LAVANDULA OFFICINALIS CHAIX)

● LAVENDER ALCOHOL

● LAVENDER FLOWER

● LAVENDER FLOWERS OIL

● LAVENDER OIL (LAVANDULA OFFICINALIS CHAIX)

● OIL OF LAVENDER

● OILS, LAVENDER

This ingredient is not currently on EWG's Skin Deep Restricted or Unacceptable Lists.

An unspecified preparation of the lavender plant, Lavandula angustifolia.

Common concerns

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LOW

Cancer
LOW

Allergies & Immunotoxicity
LOW

Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity
LOW

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CONCERNS
DATA SOURCES

Products with this Ingredient

eye shadow	19 products
moisturizer	16 products
facial moisturizer/treatment	16 products
hair treatment/serum	15 products
bar soap	13 products
bath oil/salts/soak	12 products
exfoliant/scrub	11 products
blush	8 products
shampoo	8 products
serums & essences	8 products
facial cleanser	7 products
body oil	7 products
body wash/cleanser	6 products
bronzer/highlighter	5 products
mask	5 products
muscle/joint soreness	4 products
beard oil	4 products
baby lotion	4 products
hand cream	4 products
baby soap	4 products
baby bubble bath	4 products
after sun product	3 products
lip balm	3 products
body spray	3 products
around-eye cream	3 products
toners/astringents	3 products
damaged skin treatment	3 products
foot moisturizer	2 products
conditioner	2 products
hair styling aide	2 products
baby powder	2 products
baby shampoo	2 products
hand sanitizer	2 products
antiperspirant/deodorant	1 products
diaper cream	1 products
fragrance for men	1 products
lip balm with SPF	1 products
shaving cream	1 products
cuticle treatment	1 products
body powder	1 products
after shave	1 products
liquid hand soap	1 products
tanning oil	1 products

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

Data gaps

CONCERN	REFERENCE
824 studies in PubMed science library may include information on the toxicity of this chemical	NLM PubMed

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

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

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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