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Olibanum

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Other Concerns

Multiple, additive exposure sources (low)

SYNONYMS

● BOSWELLIA CARTERII RESIN

● FRANKINCENSE

● INCENSE

● OLIBANUM

● OLIBANUM ABSOLUTE (BOSWELLIA SPP.)

● OLIBANUM OIL (BOSWELLIA SPP.)

● OLIBANUM RESIN

● RESIN OLIBANUM

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

Olibanum is a gum resin obtained from Boswellia carterii.

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

bath oil/salts/soak	2 products
daily use with SPF	1 products
body firming lotion	1 products
serums & essences	1 products
recreational sunscreen	1 products
hair styling aide	1 products
around-eye cream	1 products
body oil	1 products
antiperspirant/deodorant	1 products
bar soap	1 products
conditioner	1 products

Multiple, additive exposure sources

CONCERN	REFERENCE
Used in food or as an additive with limited or no toxicity information available	FDA Everything Added to Food

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

Data gaps

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

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.
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.

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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