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POLYQUATERNIUM-70

CAS 856175-34-3

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

POLYQUATERNIUM-70 in plain language

What it does

Used in cosmetics as a hair conditioner.

  • Hair conditioning
Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.

Regulation

No restrictions found. POLYQUATERNIUM-70 appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Beauty
  • EUCosIngActivePolyquaternium-70 is the polymeric quaternary ammonium salt consisting of an ethoxylated, propoxylated stearyl amine condensed with adipic acid and dilinoleic acid and quaternized with dimethyl sulfate
    • Polyquaternium-70 is the polymeric quaternary ammonium salt consisting of an ethoxylated, propoxylated stearyl amine condensed with adipic acid and dilinoleic acid and quaternized with dimethyl sulfateSource →
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 1 composition records across product categories including Personal care.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 1 composition records across product categories including Personal care.Source →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for POLYQUATERNIUM-70. These are the independent scientific bodies that assess ingredients like this one; we show an opinion only when a record we hold cites it.

  • SCCS

    EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety

    No SCCS opinion on file.

  • CIR

    Cosmetic Ingredient Review (US expert panel)

    No CIR safety assessment on file.

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for POLYQUATERNIUM-70 yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

3 data sources

Where this comes from

  • CosIng

    regulatory · updated 2026-09-23

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  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated september 5, 2012

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  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

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Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Where it has been recorded

How often EPA CPDat has listed POLYQUATERNIUM-70 in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

1

Named organisations

1

Personal care

Typical roles

Hair conditioning
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Catalog

Found in these products

Cosmetic and personal-care products that list POLYQUATERNIUM-70 are shown first. Their ingredient lists include POLYQUATERNIUM-70; each product's own rating depends on its whole formula, so it is shown on the product page, not here.