# Vanadium oxide (V2O5)

URL: https://app.greenveil.ai/ingredients/ingredient_cas_1314_62_1
Categories: beauty, cleaning, industrial
Functions: Catalyst, Degradant/impurity, Pigment
Identifier: 1314-62-1

> Vanadium oxide (V2O5) is used as catalyst / degradant/impurity. Greenveil chemical-concern score: 100/100 — Critical concern driven by cmr.. Assessed from 5 sources.

## Safety assessment

- Chemical concern score: 100/100 — Critical concern driven by cmr.
- Confidence: 4
- Rationale: Divanadium pentaoxide 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: Mutagenic Cat. 2(),Reprotoxic Cat. 2()
- US: commercial use observed — EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 363 composition records across product categories including Construction and building materials, Laboratory supplies, Cleaning products and household care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Pigment, Degradant/impurity, Catalyst.
- US: listed in openFDA substance — openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.

_Assessed by Greenveil._