# Acrylamide

URL: https://app.greenveil.ai/ingredients/ingredient_cas_79_06_1
Categories: beauty, cleaning, food, industrial, pharma
Functions: No specific technical function
Identifier: 79-06-1

> Acrylamide is used as no specific technical function. Greenveil chemical-concern score: 100/100 — Critical concern driven by cmr.. Assessed from 6 sources.

## Safety assessment

- Chemical concern score: 100/100 — Critical concern driven by cmr.
- Confidence: 4
- Rationale: Acrylamide, unless regulated elsewhere in this Regulation 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. CMR: Carcinogenic Cat. 1B(),Mutagenic Cat. 1B(),Reprotoxic Cat. 2()
- US: commercial use observed — EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 243 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies, Construction and building materials, Home maintenance. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including No specific technical function.
- US: listed in openFDA substance — openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.

_Assessed by Greenveil._