# Aluminum

URL: https://app.greenveil.ai/ingredients/ingredient_cas_7429_90_5
Categories: beauty, cleaning, industrial
Functions: colorant, Degradant/impurity, Dye, Solvent, aglazing framework, alloy component, aluminum component, aluminum components, closer body, component of aluminum threshold options., core, glazing framework, retainer
Identifier: 7429-90-5

> Aluminum is used as colorant / degradant/impurity. Greenveil chemical-concern score: 25/100 — Minor concern based on regulatory listings.. Assessed from 6 sources.

## Safety assessment

- Chemical concern score: 25/100 — Minor concern based on regulatory listings.
- Confidence: 4
- Rationale: Aluminium is listed in Annex IV of the EU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009 (colorants allowed in cosmetic products).

## Regulatory status

- EU: allowed_listed — Annex IV of EU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009: colorants allowed in cosmetic products. Conditions of use and warnings: Purity criteria as set out in Commission Directive 95/45/EC (E 173)
- US: commercial use observed — EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 6550 composition records across product categories including Construction and building materials, Furniture and furnishings, Raw materials. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Dye, Solvent, component of aluminum threshold options..
- US: listed in openFDA substance — openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.

_Assessed by Greenveil._