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Ethylene Oxide

Our database includes 64 products that contain Ethylene Oxide.

Explained

This ingredient is volatile gas with a sweet odor. It is often used to make other ingredients less harsh and sterilize medical equipment.

When exposed to ethylene oxide through inhalation or ingestion, it is a known carcinogen.

Ethylene Oxide is a rare cosmetic ingredient, with about 0.2% of the products in our database containing it.

Where it's used

Ethylene Oxide is most often found as ingredient number 11 within an ingredient list.

These are the categories of products that use Ethylene Oxide the most:

What is CosIng?

CosIng is the European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients.

SkinSort uses CosIng to source some of it's data on ingredient names and functions.