- Type
- Preservative
- How serious
- Low severity
- Evidence
- Moderate evidence
Why it is flagged
Weakly oestrogenic in laboratory assays, a little more so than methylparaben. The EU allows it at the same limits as methylparaben, but exposure adds up across products.
Health topics it bears on
Sources
- Draft screening assessment - Parabens group Environment and Climate Change Canada and Health Canada, 2020
- Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 on cosmetic products (consolidated text, 1 May 2026) European Parliament and Council of the European Union, 2026
- Opinion on parabens (SCCS/1348/10) Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety, 2011
- Some alkyl hydroxy benzoate preservatives (parabens) are estrogenic Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 1998
Also listed as
ethyl paraben, ethyl 4-hydroxybenzoate, ethyl parahydroxybenzoate, ethyl p hydroxybenzoate, e214, éthylparabène, etilparabeno, etilparabene, etyloparaben, ethyl-4-hydroxybenzoat, parahydroxybenzoate d'ethyle, parahidroxibenzoato de etilo, p-idrossibenzoato di etile, sodium ethylparaben, potassium ethylparaben, ethylparaben sodium, e215, sodium ethyl parahydroxybenzoate, sodium ethyl p hydroxybenzoate