# PHENYLMERCURIC ACETATE

URL: https://app.greenveil.ai/ingredients/ingredient_cas_62_38_4
Categories: beauty, industrial, pharma
Functions: preservative, Preservative
Identifier: 62-38-4

> PHENYLMERCURIC ACETATE is used as preservative / preservative. Greenveil chemical-concern score: 25/100 — Minor concern based on regulatory listings.. Assessed from 11 sources.

## Safety assessment

- Chemical concern score: 25/100 — Minor concern based on regulatory listings.
- Confidence: 4
- Rationale: Phenylmercuric salts (including borate) is listed in Annex V of the EU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009 (preservatives allowed in cosmetic products).

## Regulatory status

- EU: allowed_listed — Annex V of EU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009: preservatives allowed in cosmetic products. Product types: Eye products Maximum concentration: 0.007% (of Hg) If mixed with other mercurial compounds authorized by this Directive, the maximum concentration of Hg remains fixed at 0.007% Conditions of use and warnings: Contains Phenylmercuric compounds
- US: commercial use observed — EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 219 composition records across product categories including Home maintenance, Construction, Specialty occupational products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Preservative.
- US: inactive ingredient database — Route: NASAL; Dosage form: DROPS; Potency: 20 mg
- US: inactive ingredient database — Route: NASAL; Dosage form: SOLUTION; Potency: 0.02 mg/1ml
- US: inactive ingredient database — Route: OPHTHALMIC; Dosage form: OINTMENT; Potency: NA
- US: inactive ingredient database — Route: OPHTHALMIC; Dosage form: SOLUTION; Potency: NA
- US: inactive ingredient database — Route: TOPICAL; Dosage form: SHAMPOO; Potency: 0.02 %w/w
- US: listed in openFDA substance — openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.

_Assessed by Greenveil._