Beauty ingredient · Preservative
Benzylparaben
- CAS
- 94-18-8
A paraben preservative prohibited in EU cosmetics since 2014.
- Paraben
- Preservative
- Expert review pending
Concern level
A regulatory warning or restriction somewhere, or strong evidence of harm at typical intake. The concern level sets how many points benzylparaben costs on a product’s receipt.
What the evidence says
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Not permitted in cosmetics somewhereRegulatory
The EU prohibited it in cosmetics because industry provided too little data for its risk to be evaluated. [1]
Evidence tiers say how sure the evidence is, separately from how much it matters. About evidence tiers.
Rules around the world
| Where | Status | Details | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| European Union | Banned | Prohibited in cosmetic products (Annex II of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009). Added in 2014 because the risk could not be evaluated. | Jul 30, 2014 | [1] |
“Banned” means explicitly prohibited or withdrawn after review; “not permitted” means never authorized there. We use each regulator’s own words.
Names GoodSwap recognizes on labels (2)
- benzylparaben
- benzyl paraben
Sources
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“for these compounds, the human risk cannot be evaluated.”
eur-lex.europa.eu