- Type
- Colourant / anti-dandruff agent
- How serious
- High severity
- Evidence
- Strong evidence
Why it is flagged
A known human carcinogen; pregnancy guidance is to avoid it, and it is banned from EU cosmetics.
Health topics it bears on
Sources
- Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist Health Canada, 2025
- IARC Monographs Volume 100F: Chemical Agents and Related Occupations International Agency for Research on Cancer, 2012
- Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 on cosmetic products European Parliament and Council of the European Union, 2009
- Final Safety Assessment of Coal Tar as Used in Cosmetics Cosmetic Ingredient Review, 2008
Also listed as
coal tar solution, ci 77266 (from coal), pix carbonis