EWG Skin Deep® | What is P-ANISIC ACID

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P Anisic Acid

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Other Concerns

Multiple, additive exposure sources (low)

SYNONYMS

● 4-ANISIC ACID

● 4-METHOXY- BENZOIC ACID

● 4-METHOXYBENZOIC ACID

● BENZOIC ACID, 4-METHOXY-

● BENZOIC ACID, 4METHOXY

● DRACONIC ACID

● P-ANISIC ACID

● P-METHOXYBENZOIC ACID

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

moisturizer	19 products
baby lotion	16 products
facial moisturizer/treatment	15 products
recreational sunscreen	11 products
facial cleanser	11 products
daily use with SPF	7 products
around-eye cream	7 products
hand cream	6 products
serums & essences	6 products
mask	5 products
bronzer/highlighter	5 products
baby sunscreen	4 products
mascara	4 products
blush	4 products
eye shadow	3 products
body wash/cleanser	3 products
setting powder/spray	3 products
exfoliant/scrub	3 products
facial powder	3 products
anti-aging	3 products
makeup remover	3 products
shaving cream	1 products
makeup primer	1 products
conditioner	1 products
foot moisturizer	1 products
after sun product	1 products
antiperspirant/deodorant	1 products
baby shampoo	1 products
toners/astringents	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

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

Data gaps

CONCERN	REFERENCE
120 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.

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Hazard score

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Data availability

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