# Acrylonitrile

URL: https://app.greenveil.ai/ingredients/ingredient_cas_107_13_1
Categories: beauty, industrial, pharma
Functions: Monomers, No specific technical function, acrylics & acrylic copolymers, fabric content, fiber content
Identifier: 107-13-1

> Acrylonitrile is used as monomers / no specific technical function. Greenveil chemical-concern score: 100/100 — Critical concern driven by cmr.. Assessed from 6 sources.

## Safety assessment

- Chemical concern score: 100/100 — Critical concern driven by cmr.
- Confidence: 4
- Rationale: Acrylonitrile is prohibited in cosmetic products under Annex II of the EU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009.

## Regulatory status

- EU: banned — Annex II of EU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009: substances prohibited in cosmetic products. CMR: Carcinogenic Cat. 1B()
- US: commercial use observed — EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 224 composition records across product categories including Furniture and furnishings, Raw materials, Laboratory supplies. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including No specific technical function, fabric content, fiber content.
- US: listed in openFDA substance — openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.

_Assessed by Greenveil._