Beauty ingredient · Fragrance
Polycyclic musks
Synthetic musks used for scent; they persist in the environment and are found in surface water.
- Fragrance
- Synthetic musk
- Expert review pending
Concern level
A minor or very limited concern, such as being an ultra-processing marker only. The concern level sets how many points polycyclic musks costs on a product’s receipt.
What the evidence says
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Very persistent in the environmentStrong evidence
Polycyclic musks are found widely in rivers, sediments and fish, a sign that they persist in the environment. [1]
Evidence tiers say how sure the evidence is, separately from how much it matters. About evidence tiers.
Names GoodSwap recognizes on labels (8)
- ahtn
- hhcb
- tonalide
- galaxolide
- polycyclic musk
- polycyclic musks
- hexamethylindanopyran
- acetyl hexamethyl tetralin
Sources
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Polycyclic musk fragrances in the aquatic environment
“The apparently ubiquitous distribution of polycyclic musks in the aquatic environment demonstrates the persistence and lipophilicity of these pollutants.”
doi.org