Other Concerns
SYNONYMS
2-(1-CARBOXYETHOXY)-1-METHYL-2-OXOETHYL ESTER SODIUM SALT OCTADECANOIC ACID, OCTADECANOIC ACID, 2(1CARBOXYETHOXY)1METHYL2OXOETHYL ESTER, SODIUM SALT, OCTADECANOIC ACID, 2-(1-CARBOXYETHOXY)-1-METHYL-2-OXOETHYL ESTER, SODIUM SALT, SODIUM 2-(STEAROYLOXY) PROPIONATE, SODIUM 2-STEAROYLLACTATE, SODIUM SALT OCTADECANOIC ACID, 2-(1-CARBOXYETHOXY)-1-METHYL-2-OXOETHYL ESTER, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTATE, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, SODIUM STEAROYL-2-LACTYLATE, and SODIUM STEARYL-2-LACTYLATERestricted
Restricted: EWG VERIFIED products cannot contain this ingredient without adequate substantiation
Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate is a sodium salt of the stearic acid ester of lactyl lactate.
Common concerns
See how this product scores for common concerns.
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LOWCancer
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LOWAllergies & Immunotoxicity
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LOWDevelopmental and Reproductive Toxicity
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LOWUse Restrictions
Ingredient concerns
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- DATA SOURCES
Products with this Ingredient
moisturizer | 84 products |
facial moisturizer/treatment | 45 products |
hand cream | 38 products |
daily use with SPF | 23 products |
body wash/cleanser | 21 products |
facial cleanser | 21 products |
around-eye cream | 17 products |
BB cream | 15 products |
exfoliant/scrub | 13 products |
mask | 10 products |
serums & essences | 10 products |
9 products | |
foundation | 7 products |
recreational sunscreen | 7 products |
hair treatment/serum | 6 products |
body firming lotion | 5 products |
shampoo | 4 products |
anti-aging | 4 products |
lip balm with SPF | 4 products |
muscle/joint soreness | 3 products |
antiperspirant/deodorant | 3 products |
conditioner | 3 products |
foot moisturizer | 2 products |
hair styling aide | 2 products |
bubble bath | 1 products |
hair removal waxes | 1 products |
bath oil/salts/soak | 1 products |
after shave | 1 products |
CC cream | 1 products |
baby lotion | 1 products |
baby sunscreen | 1 products |
oil controller | 1 products |
antiperspirant/deodorant (men's) | 1 products |
baby soap | 1 products |
baby shampoo | 1 products |
liquid hand soap | 1 products |
after sun product | 1 products |
beard care | 1 products |
Ecotoxicology
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Suspected to be an environmental toxin | Environment Canada Domestic Substance List |
Multiple, additive exposure sources
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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 |
Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive)
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Classified as not expected to be potentially toxic or harmful | Environment Canada Domestic Substance List |
Persistence and bioaccumulation
CONCERN | REFERENCE |
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Not suspected to be persistent | Environment Canada Domestic Substance List |
Not suspected to be bioaccumulative | Environment Canada Domestic Substance List |
Data gaps
CONCERN | REFERENCE |
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27 studies in PubMed science library may include information on the toxicity of this chemical | NLM PubMed |
Informational
CONCERN | REFERENCE |
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Industry or government recommendations for safe use: restrictions on concentration, impurities, product types, or manufacturing methods - any | Cosmetic Ingredient Review Assessments |
- 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.
- 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.
- NLM (National Library of Medicine). 2012. PubMed online scientific bibliography data. http://www.pubmed.gov.
- CIR (Cosmetic Ingredient Review). 2006. CIR Compendium, containing abstracts, discussions, and conclusions of CIR cosmetic ingredient safety assessments. Washington DC.
Understanding scores
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Data availability
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