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Sodium Dodecylbenzenesulfonate

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Other Concerns

Use restrictions (low) and Multiple, additive exposure sources (low)

SYNONYMS

● BENZENESULFONIC ACID, DODECYL, SODIUM SALT

● BENZENESULFONIC ACID, DODECYL-, SODIUM SALT

● BENZENESULFONIC ACID, DODECYL-, SODIUM SALT; DODECYL BENZENESULFONIC ACID, SODIUM SALT; DODECYLBENZENESULFONIC ACID SODIUM SALT; DODECYLBENZENESULFONIC ACID, SODIUM SALT; SODIUM DODECYLBENZENESULFONAT

● DODECYL- SODIUM SALT BENZENESULFONIC ACID

● DODECYLBENZENESULFONIC ACID, SODIUM SALT

● SODIUM DODECYLBENZENESULFONATE

● SODIUM DODECYLBENZENESULPHONATE

● SODIUM LAURYL BENZENE SULFONATE

● SODIUM LAURYL PHENYL SULFONATE

● SODIUM SALT BENZENESULFONIC ACID, DODECYL-

● SODIUM SALT DODECYLBENZENESULFONIC ACID

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

Sodium Dodecylbenzenesulfonate is a substituted aromatic compound.

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

recreational sunscreen	11 products
eyelash glue	6 products
daily use with SPF	4 products
bar soap	2 products
baby sunscreen	1 products
detangler	1 products
liquid hand soap	1 products
shampoo	1 products
facial moisturizer/treatment	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
Designated as safe for general or specific, limited use in food	FDA Food Additive Status

Use restrictions

CONCERN	REFERENCE
Determined safe for use in cosmetics, subject to concentration or use limitations - Safe for use in cosmetics with some qualifications	Cosmetic Ingredient Review Assessments

Data gaps

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

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
Classified as a low human health priority	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.
CIR (Cosmetic Ingredient Review). 2006. CIR Compendium, containing abstracts, discussions, and conclusions of CIR cosmetic ingredient safety assessments. Washington DC.
NLM (National Library of Medicine). 2012. PubMed online scientific bibliography data. http://www.pubmed.gov.
EC (Environment Canada). 2008. Domestic Substances List Categorization. Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) Environmental Registry.

Understanding scores

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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.

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Hazard score

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Data availability

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