Information is also provided on companies’ animal testing policies.
You can browse by cosmetic category or search for the name of your favorite product to find out about possible hazards in terms of cancer risk, reproductive toxicities, and allergies. EWG’s ratings are the best available information you can find on the safety of personal-care product ingredients.The Skin Deep Cosmetics Database, a free online database maintained by the Environmental Working Group, provides information on the safety and potential harms of ingredients in make-up, sunscreen, facial cleansers and moisturizers, contact lens solutions, shampoo, nail polish and remover, baby wipes, soaps, and creams, toothpaste, fragrances, and other cosmetic and skin care products. The safest products score well by both measures: a low hazard rating AND fair or better data availability.
To calculate a product score, we tally the hazards of each ingredient and evaluate every product in relation to all the others in Skin Deep®. This Skin Deep® app has information and online safety assessments for more than 72,000 personal care products, 2,500 brands and 9,000 ingredients, culled from product labels and from the scientific and industry literature. When you know what chemicals are in the products you bring into your home and how they may affect your health and the environment, you can make informed purchasing decisions - and help transform the marketplace. These ingredients end up in the bodies of nearly every American. EWG has launched this app to provide you with easy-to-navigate safety ratings at your fingertips for a wide range of products and ingredients on the market.Īmericans’ frequent exposure to cosmetics and personal-care products raises questions about the potential health risks of the myriad under-assessed ingredients they contain. EWG’s Skin Deep® Cosmetics Database is the world’s largest safety reference tool for personal-care products.
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