EWG Skin Deep® | What is ZEOLITE

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Data: Fair

Zeolite

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Other Concerns

Enhanced skin absorption

SYNONYMS

● TYPE-A ZEOLITE

● ZEOLITE

● ZEOLITES

Restricted

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

Zeolite is a hydrated alkali aluminum silicate.

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

lipstick	45 products
shampoo	28 products
hair spray	19 products
mask	15 products
hair styling aide	14 products
lip liner	11 products
facial cleanser	4 products
serums & essences	3 products
foundation	2 products
facial moisturizer/treatment	2 products
exfoliant/scrub	1 products
daily use with SPF	1 products
anti-aging	1 products
lip balm	1 products
around-eye cream	1 products
conditioner	1 products
hair treatment/serum	1 products
shaving cream	1 products
makeup primer	1 products
lip plumper	1 products
hair color and bleaching	1 products
facial powder	1 products

Enhanced skin absorption

CONCERN	REFERENCE
Suspected nano-scale ingredients with potential to absorb into the skin	Nanomaterial Database

Data gaps

CONCERN	REFERENCE
Safety assessment was based on related chemical	Cosmetic Ingredient Review Assessments
4681 studies in PubMed science library may include information on the toxicity of this chemical	NLM PubMed

Cancer

CONCERN	REFERENCE
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

Informational

CONCERN	REFERENCE
Industry or government recommendations for safe use: restrictions on concentration, impurities, product types, or manufacturing methods - any	Cosmetic Ingredient Review Assessments

NanoWerk. 2007. Nanomaterial Database. Available online: http://www.nanowerk.com/phpscripts/n_dbsearch.php
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.
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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