EWG Skin Deep® | What is POLYURETHANE

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Data: Fair

Polyurethane

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SYNONYMS

● POLYURETHANE

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

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

nail polish	54 products
glitter	34 products
eye shadow	20 products
lip gloss	14 products
recreational sunscreen	11 products
eye liner	9 products
daily use with SPF	7 products
conditioner	5 products
moisturizer	4 products
hair treatment/serum	3 products
serums & essences	3 products
mask	3 products
	2 products
nail glue	2 products
around-eye cream	2 products
BB cream	2 products
exfoliant/scrub	1 products
facial moisturizer/treatment	1 products
sunless tanning	1 products
hair spray	1 products
facial powder	1 products
body oil	1 products
lip balm with SPF	1 products
bronzer/highlighter	1 products
mascara	1 products

Data gaps

CONCERN	REFERENCE
6529 studies in PubMed science library may include information on the toxicity of this chemical	NLM PubMed

Cancer

CONCERN	REFERENCE
Not likely to be carcinogenic in humans	Open scientific literature
Limited or incomplete evidence of cancer according to safety/hazard data – government assessment cannot classify as human carcinogen due to data gaps	Int'l Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) - Carcinogens

NLM (National Library of Medicine). 2012. PubMed online scientific bibliography data. http://www.pubmed.gov.
Open scientific/peer reviewed literature
IARC (International Agency for Research on Cancer). 2008. Overall Evaluations of Carcinogenicity to Humans, as evaluated in IARC Monographs Volumes 1-99 (a total of 935 agents, mixtures and exposures).

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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