# Formaldehyde

URL: https://app.greenveil.ai/ingredients/ingredient_cas_50_00_0
Categories: beauty, cleaning, industrial, pharma
Functions: additive - reactive, Binder, Biocide, Degradant/impurity, doors and carcasse, Insulators, monom er, formaldehyde, polymer with 2 (chloromethyl)oxirane and phenol, Monomers, No specific technical function, Preservative, primer - formaldehyde, white paint - formaldehyde
Identifier: 50-00-0

> Formaldehyde is used as additive - reactive / binder. Greenveil chemical-concern score: 100/100 — Critical concern driven by cmr.. Assessed from 7 sources.

## Safety assessment

- Chemical concern score: 100/100 — Critical concern driven by cmr.
- Confidence: 4
- Rationale: Formaldehyde 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(),Mutagenic Cat. 2()
- US: commercial use observed — EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 2337 composition records across product categories including Construction and building materials, Furniture and furnishings, Tools. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Biocide, Preservative, Binder.
- US: marketed drug occurrence — FDA NDC lists this ingredient in 11 active drug products and 18 total products.
- US: listed in openFDA substance — openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.

_Assessed by Greenveil._