# Cadmium

URL: https://app.greenveil.ai/ingredients/ingredient_cas_7440_43_9
Categories: beauty, industrial
Functions: Degradant/impurity, Pigment, Surface modifier, aluminum residual, tile body, tile body & glaze
Identifier: 7440-43-9

> Cadmium is used as degradant/impurity / pigment. 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: Cadmium 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 1506 composition records across product categories including Batteries, Vehicle, Home maintenance. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including tile body, Surface modifier, Degradant/impurity.
- US: listed in openFDA substance — openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.

_Assessed by Greenveil._