beauty
cleaning
food
industrial

Arsenic

CAS 7440-38-2 · 100/100 · High conf.

Also registered as 2 other CAS numbers

39277-51-5 · 55624-62-9

Concern score

100/100Critical concern based on regulatory listings.

High confidence

Arsenic in plain language

What it is: Also known as Arsenic and inorganic arsenic compounds · Arsenic and its compounds · Arsenic black · Elemental arsenic · ARSENIC-75 · Arsenic metal
Show all 23 names
Arsen · Arsenic ion · Arsenicals · As · Colloidal arsenic · Dietary Arsenic · Gray arsenic · Grey arsenic · Scherbenkobalt · Un 1558 · arsenic (sara 313) (cercla) · arsenic (sara 313) (cercla) (<2 ppm) · arsenic (sara 313) (cercla). %:<1 ppm. · arsenic (sara iii) · arsenic(III) cation · arsenico · Arsenicum metallicum
What it does: Used in food as a metals.
Metals
Is it a concern?: Critical concern: no hazard classifications on record. It is banned in EU cosmetics.

Why it's flagged

Arsenic and its compounds is prohibited in cosmetic products under Annex II of the EU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009.

RestrictedEU EC — banned

The score describes this ingredient's chemical identity — its hazard profile from published classifications and regulatory status — not the safety of any product it appears in.

Regulation

Restrictions first, then routine listings from published regulatory sources.

In marketed US drugs
EU Annex II — prohibited
EU prohibited in cosmetics

Recorded in these product areas

Found in consumer products
Beauty
Cleaning
Industrial

EUEC
Annex II of EU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009: substances prohibited in cosmetic products.
banned
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EUCosIngActiveCosmetics Regulation annex II / ref 43.
- Cosmetics Regulation annex II / ref 43.Source →
GLOBALJECFAEvaluatedJECFA evaluation record. Functional class: metals.
- JECFA evaluation record. Functional class: metals.Source →
USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 956 composition records across product categories including Construction, Batteries, Laboratory supplies. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Degradant/impurity.
- EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 956 composition records across product categories including Construction, Batteries, Laboratory supplies. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Degradant/impurity.Source →
USFDAmarketed drug occurrenceFDA NDC lists this ingredient in 18 active drug products and 18 total products.
- FDA NDC lists this ingredient in 18 active drug products and 18 total products.Source →
USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.
- openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.Source →

Expert safety opinions

Independent scientific assessments cited by the records we hold, with the year and link where the record gives one.

JECFA
Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives
- JECFA evaluation record. Functional class: metals.
  Year not recorded · GLOBAL JECFA listing · Read the source →
EFSA
European Food Safety Authority
No EFSA opinion on file.

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Arsenic yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

9 data sources

Where this comes from

CosIng
regulatory · updated 2026-09-23
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EU CosIng Cosmetics Regulation Annexes
regulatory · updated 2011-01-07
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EPA Chemical and Products Database
exposure · updated may 1, 2017
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EPA DSSTox Identifiers
chemistry · updated 2025-12-29
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FDA National Drug Code Directory
regulatory · updated 2026-12-31
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FDA GSRS UNII
registry · updated 2026-02-26
Open →
WHO JECFA Database
regulatory · updated 2026-10-04
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openFDA Substance
registry · updated 2026-05-24
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PubChem Live Enrichment
chemistry · updated 2026-05-17
Open →

Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Food use

Food-use source coverage is present in the current record.

Good fit

The ingredient appears in food-oriented source coverage or allowed-use references, which makes food use easier to support than a context with no domain signal at all.

Fragrance avoidance

No fragrance-linked caution surfaced in the current profile.

Good fit

This ingredient does not currently read as a fragrance-linked driver in the published evidence and hazard profile.

Where it has been recorded

How often EPA CPDat has listed Arsenic in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

956

Named organisations

ConstructionBatteriesLaboratory suppliesCleaning products and household carePesticidesRaw materials

Typical roles

Metals

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Catalog

Found in these products

Their ingredient lists include Arsenic; each product's own rating depends on its whole formula, so it is shown on the product page, not here.

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