- Type
- UV filter
- How serious
- Low severity
- Evidence
- Emerging evidence
Why it is flagged
The EU reduced its permitted maximum in 2022 after a safety review. Endocrine activity has been raised in the literature but is not established at use concentrations.
Health topics it bears on
Sources
- Draft: Guidance document - sunscreen monograph Health Canada, 2012
- Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/1176 amending Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 as regards the use of certain UV filters in cosmetic products European Commission, 2022
- Opinion on Octocrylene (SCCS/1627/21) Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety, 2021
- Effect of Sunscreen Application on Plasma Concentration of Sunscreen Active Ingredients: A Randomized Clinical Trial Journal of the American Medical Association, 2020
Also listed as
octocrylène