# Beryllium

URL: https://app.greenveil.ai/ingredients/ingredient_cas_7440_41_7
Categories: beauty, cleaning, food, industrial, pharma
Functions: Surface modifier, aluminum residual, high specific stiffness, reduce conductivity, tile body, tile body & glaze
Identifier: 7440-41-7

> Beryllium is used as surface modifier / aluminum residual. Greenveil chemical-concern score: 100/100 — Critical concern based on regulatory listings.. Assessed from 6 sources.

## Safety assessment

- Chemical concern score: 100/100 — Critical concern based on regulatory listings.
- Confidence: 4
- Rationale: Beryllium 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 406 composition records across product categories including Construction and building materials, Raw materials, Laboratory supplies. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including tile body, Surface modifier, aluminum residual.
- US: listed in openFDA substance — openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.

_Assessed by Greenveil._