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Nutmeg Oil

IMAGE SOURCE: PubChem

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SYNONYMS

● FATS, NUTMEG BUTTER

● MACE (MYRISTICA FRAGRANS HOUTT.)

● MACE OIL (MYRISTICA FRAGRANS HOUTT.)

● MACE OLEORESIN (MYRISTICA FRAGRANS HOUTT.)

● MACE; MACE OIL; MACIS OIL

● MYRIST ICA FRAGRENS OIL

● MYRISTICA FRAGRANS (NUTMEG) KERNEL OIL

● MYRISTICA FRAGRANS OIL

● MYRISTICA OIL

● NUTMEG ESSENTIAL OIL

● NUTMEG KERNEL OIL

● NUTMEG OIL

● OIL OF MYRIST ICA FRAGRENS

● OIL OF NUTMEG

Restricted

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

Myristica Fragrans (Nutmeg) Kernel Oil is an oil obtained from the kernel of Myristicafragrans.

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
DATA SOURCES

Products with this Ingredient

exfoliant/scrub	12 products
serums & essences	8 products
bath oil/salts/soak	8 products
body wash/cleanser	7 products
moisturizer	6 products
mask	6 products
liquid hand soap	5 products
lip balm	4 products
hand cream	4 products
shampoo	3 products
hair treatment/serum	2 products
body oil	2 products
fragrance for women	2 products
facial moisturizer/treatment	2 products
bar soap	2 products
facial cleanser	2 products
hair spray	2 products
daily use with SPF	1 products
foot moisturizer	1 products
antiperspirant/deodorant (men's)	1 products
	1 products
hand sanitizer	1 products
makeup remover	1 products
antiperspirant/deodorant	1 products
body spray	1 products

Ecotoxicology

CONCERN	REFERENCE
Uncertain environmental toxin and uncertain persistent or bioaccumulative	Environment Canada Domestic Substance List

Multiple, additive exposure sources

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

Data gaps

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

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

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.

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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