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Pimenta Racemosa (Bay Rum) Oil

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Other Concerns

Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (moderate)

SYNONYMS

● BAY RUM (PIMENTA RACEMOSA) ESSENTIAL OIL

● BAY RUM ESSENTIAL OIL

● PIMENTA RACEMOSA (BAY RUM) ESSENTIAL OIL

● PIMENTA RACEMOSA (BAY RUM) OIL

● PIMENTA RACEMOSA ESSENTIAL OIL

Restricted

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

Common concerns

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LOW

Cancer
HIGH

Allergies & Immunotoxicity
LOW

Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity
LOW

Use Restrictions

Ingredient concerns

CONCERNS
DATA SOURCES

Products with this Ingredient

shaving cream

1 products

Allergies/immunotoxicity

CONCERN	REFERENCE
Known human any toxicant or allergen	Open scientific literature
Human any toxicant or allergen - strong evidence	Open scientific literature
Limited evidence of any toxicity or allergies	Open scientific literature
Limited evidence of any toxicity or allergies	Open scientific literature

Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive)

CONCERN	REFERENCE
Classified as medium human health priority	Open scientific literature
Classified as expected to be toxic or harmful	Open scientific literature

Multiple, additive exposure sources

CONCERN	REFERENCE
Designated as safe for general or specific, limited use in food	Open scientific literature

Ecotoxicology

CONCERN	REFERENCE
Not suspected to be an environmental toxin	Open scientific literature

Cancer

CONCERN	REFERENCE
Not likely to be carcinogenic in humans	Open scientific literature

Persistence and bioaccumulation

CONCERN	REFERENCE
Not suspected to be bioaccumulative	Open scientific literature
Not suspected to be persistent	Open scientific literature

Data gaps

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

Use restrictions

CONCERN	REFERENCE
Restricted in cosmetics - labeling requirement for allergens	Open scientific literature

Open scientific/peer reviewed literature
NLM (National Library of Medicine). 2012. PubMed online scientific bibliography data. http://www.pubmed.gov.

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Hazard score

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Data availability

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