Ingredients

PHENOXYETHANOL

CAS number: 122-99-6
"Strong penalty" in the following categories :
Baby bubble bath, Wipes box, Baby set, Baby care set, Diaper cream, Baby cleansing water, Baby shower gel and cream, Baby bath oil, Baby massage oil, Baby oil, Nose hygiene, Baby cleansing milk, Baby milk and moisturizer, Baby disinfectant wipes, Baby cleaning wipes, Liniment, Baby washing foam, Baby solid soap, Physiological serum, Baby shampoo, 2-in-1 shampoo and body wash for baby, Milk crust care, First teeth care, Talc and powder
"Medium penalty" in all other categories.
  • Origin(s): Synthetic
  • Other languages: Fenoksietanol, Fenoksyetanol, Fenossietanolo, Fenoxietanol, Fenoxyetanol, Fenoxyethanol, Феноксиетанол, феноксиетанол, פנוקסיאתנול, فينوكسي إيثانول, フェノキシエタノール, 페녹시 에탄올
  • INCI name: PHENOXYETHANOL
  • EINECS/ELINCS number: 204-589-7
  • Classification: Regulated, Alcohol, Preservative
Namely Phenoxyethanol is a synthetic preservative known by the acronym of EGPhE, widely used in cosmetics and increasingly controversial. Since 2012, the ANSM (National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products) has recommended that this preservative not be used in cosmetic products intended for babies' seats and that its maximum content be set at 0.4% for other products for children under 3 years old. It also denounces its liver toxicity, its potentially harmful effects on reproduction as well as many other inconveniences: the conclusions of the 2012 ANSM report are alarming.
In its opinion of May 2018, the Temporary Scientific Special Committee (CSST) responsible for the re-evaluation of phenoxyethanol at the European level, for its part concluded: "The recommendation by the Ansm of non-use of phenoxyethanol in products It is advisable to extend it to wipes, which are very commonly used also for cleaning the seats of young children.In all other cosmetic products intended for children aged 3 and under, the maximum concentration of Phenoxyethanol could remain 1%. " The CSST would therefore follow the ANSM for wipes but not for concentration. In any case, by law, phenoxyethanol is still allowed in baby wipes!
Phenoxyethanol is produced by ethoxylation (a highly polluting chemical process) by reacting phenol and ethylene oxide at high temperature and pressure. Note, however, that phenoxyethanol is naturally present in green tea, but it is not this version of the compound that is used in cosmetics. Due to its manufacturing process, Phenoxyethanol is banned in Bio.
Biodegradable : Yes. Phenoxyethanol is considered to be readily biodegradable because biodegradation of more than 60% was achieved within 10 days of the start of biodegradation. (*)
Bioaccumulative : No.
Log Kow 1.16
Restriction in Europe: V/29
The maximum concentration allowed in a ready-to-use preparation is 1%.
Its functions (INCI)
  • Antimicrobial : Helps slowing the growth of micro-organisms on the skin and counteracts the development of microbes
  • Preservative : Inhibits the development of microorganisms in cosmetic products.
This ingredient is present in 33.35% of cosmetics.
Advent calendar (87.5%)
Mascara base (82%)
Gel and lacquer for men (74.07%)
Cc cream (71.85%)
Make-up set (71.06%)

Products that contains it

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