# Arsenic

URL: https://app.greenveil.ai/ingredients/ingredient_cas_7440_38_2
Categories: beauty, cleaning, industrial, pharma
Functions: Degradant/impurity
Identifier: 7440-38-2

> Arsenic is used as degradant/impurity. Greenveil chemical-concern score: 100/100 — Critical concern based on regulatory listings.. Assessed from 7 sources.

## Safety assessment

- Chemical concern score: 100/100 — Critical concern based on regulatory listings.
- Confidence: 4
- Rationale: Arsenic and its compounds 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.
- US: commercial use observed — 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.
- US: marketed drug occurrence — FDA NDC lists this ingredient in 18 active drug products and 18 total products.
- US: listed in openFDA substance — openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.

_Assessed by Greenveil._