# STRONTIUM ACETATE

URL: https://app.greenveil.ai/ingredients/ingredient_cas_543_94_2
Categories: beauty, industrial
Functions: Humectant, oral care
Identifier: 543-94-2

> STRONTIUM ACETATE is used as humectant / oral care. Greenveil chemical-concern score: 70/100 — High concern based on regulatory listings.. Assessed from 6 sources.

## Safety assessment

- Chemical concern score: 70/100 — High concern based on regulatory listings.
- Confidence: 4
- Rationale: Strontium acetate hemihydrate is restricted in cosmetic products under Annex III of the EU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009.

## Regulatory status

- EU: restricted — Annex III of EU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009: substances which cosmetic products must not contain except subject to the restrictions laid down. Product types: Oral products Maximum concentration: 3.5% (as strontium) When mixed with other permitted strontium products the total strontium content must not exceed 3.5% Conditions of use and warnings: Contains strontium acetate Frequent use by children is not advisable
- US: commercial use observed — EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 0 composition records across product categories including unclassified products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Humectant, oral care.
- US: listed in openFDA substance — openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.

_Assessed by Greenveil._