Siloxanes - Consumption, Toxicity and Alternatives

Declared name CAS No. Chemical name according to the INCI list * Function according to the INCI list * No. of products Average ranking
ACRYLATES / DIMETHICONE COPOLYMER       3 6.0
AMODIMETHICONE     antistatic agents 16 9.5
AMODIMETHICONE CETRIUM CHLORIDE       1 7.0
CYCLOMETHICONE 69430-24-6 Octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane / decamethylcyclopentasiloxane antistatic agents / emollients / humectants / solvents / viscosity controlling agents 24 6.3
CYCLOMETHICONE DIMETHICONOL       1 3.0
CYCLOPENTASILOXANE 541-02-6 (found)     15 5.9
DIMETHICONAL       1 19.0
DIMETHICONE 9006-65-9 63148-62-9 Dimethicone antifoaming agents / emollients 21 5.4
DIMETHICONE BISAMINO HYDROXYPROPYL COPOLYOL / ALGAE / ALOE BARBADENSIS / CHAMOMILE / HENNA / JOJOBA / ROSEMARY / DIMETHICONE COPOLYOL       2 6.5
DIMETHICONE BISAMINO HYDROXYPROPYL COPOLYOL / GLUTAMINE / TYROSINE / LEUCINE / CYSTEINE / GLYSINE / COMFREY / PLANTAIN / HYDROLYZED WHEAT PROTEIN / DIMETHICONE COPOLYOL       1 8.0
DIMETHICONE BISAMINO HYDROXYPROPYL COPOLYOL / WHITE GINGER / DIMETHICONE COPOLYOL       4 7.5
DIMETHICONE COPOLYOL 64365-23-7 Siloxanes and silicones, di-me, hydroxy-terminated, ethoxylated propoxylated antistatic agents / emollients 82 7.5
DIMETHICONE COPOLYOL ACETATE     humectants 1 7.0
DIMETHICONE PROPYL PG-BETAINE     antistatic agents / surfactants 4 6.5
DIMETHICONOL 31692-79-2 Poly[oxy(dimethylsilylane)], a-hydro-?-hydroxy- antifoaming agents / emollients 12 7.0
DIPHENYL DIMETHICONE     emulsifying agents 1 7.0
PEG / PPG 25 / 25 DIMETHICONE / ACRYLATES COPOLYMER       1 2.0
PEG / PPG-14 / 4 DIMETHICONE         6.0
PHENYL TRIMETHICONE 2116-84-9 1, 1, 5, 5, 5-hexamethyl-3-phenyl-3-[(trimethylsilyl)oxy]trisiloxane antifoaming agents/ antistatic agents / emollients 18 5.3
POLYSILICONE-11       1 5.0
POLYSILICONE-8       5 4.6
POLYSILOXAN       1 4.0
SIMENTHICON       1 16.0
SIMETHICONE 8050-81-5   emollients 1 16.0
TRIMETHYLSILYLAMODIMETHICONE     antistatic agents / emollients 1 15.0

* Chemicals with no indication of function were not included in the INCI list at the time the study was reported.

Source:
Poulsen, P., A. A. Jensen & L. Hoffmann. 2002. Kortlægning af kemiske stoffer i hårstylingsprodukter. Kortlægning no. 18/2002. Danish EPA, Copenhagen. http://www.mst.dk/kemi/02052600.htm

 



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