# SILVER CHLORIDE

URL: https://app.greenveil.ai/ingredients/ingredient_cas_7783_90_6
Categories: beauty, industrial, pharma
Functions: preservative, No specific technical function, Preservative, Processing aids not otherwise specified
Identifier: 7783-90-6

> SILVER CHLORIDE is used as preservative / no specific technical function. Greenveil chemical-concern score: 25/100 — Minor concern based on regulatory listings.. Assessed from 7 sources.

## Safety assessment

- Chemical concern score: 25/100 — Minor concern based on regulatory listings.
- Confidence: 4
- Rationale: Silver chloride deposited on titanium dioxide is listed in Annex V of the EU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009 (preservatives allowed in cosmetic products).

## Regulatory status

- EU: allowed_listed — Annex V of EU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009: preservatives allowed in cosmetic products. Maximum concentration: 0.004% (as AgCl) Other conditions: 20% AgCl (w/w) on TiO2. Not to be used in products for children under 3 years of age, in oral products and in eye and lip products
- US: commercial use observed — EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 106 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies, Batteries, Raw materials. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Preservative, No specific technical function, Processing aids not otherwise specified.
- US: marketed drug occurrence — FDA NDC lists this ingredient in 10 active drug products and 10 total products.
- US: listed in openFDA substance — openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.

_Assessed by Greenveil._