# Carbon tetrachloride

URL: https://app.greenveil.ai/ingredients/ingredient_cas_56_23_5
Categories: beauty, industrial, pharma
Functions: Solvent
Identifier: 56-23-5

> Carbon tetrachloride is used as solvent. 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: Carbon tetrachloride 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. 2()
- US: commercial use observed — EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 232 composition records across product categories including Home maintenance, Laboratory supplies, Raw materials. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Solvent.
- US: marketed drug occurrence — FDA NDC lists this ingredient in 4 active drug products and 4 total products.
- US: listed in openFDA substance — openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.

_Assessed by Greenveil._