beauty
industrial

Cotton

CAS 977020-16-8

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Cotton in plain language

What it does: Used in cosmetics as a skin-conditioning agent, an absorbent and an anticaking agent. Cotton is the cleaned, purified, bleached fibres of cotton derived from the seedcoat of various species of Gossypium.
Skin conditioning
Absorbent
Anticaking
Bulking
Opacifying
Slip modifier
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. Cotton appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

Found in consumer products
Industrial

EUCosIngActiveCotton is the cleaned, purified, bleached fibres of cotton derived from the seedcoat of various species of Gossypium.
- Cotton is the cleaned, purified, bleached fibres of cotton derived from the seedcoat of various species of Gossypium.Source →
USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 0 composition records across product categories including unclassified products.
- EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 0 composition records across product categories including unclassified products.Source →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Cotton. 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 Cotton yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

2 data sources

Where this comes from

CosIng
regulatory · updated 2026-09-23
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EPA Chemical and Products Database
exposure · updated 2019-05-01
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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 Cotton in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Named organisations

Typical roles

Skin conditioningAbsorbentAnticakingBulkingOpacifyingSlip modifier

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Catalog

Found in these products

Their ingredient lists include Cotton; each product's own rating depends on its whole formula, so it is shown on the product page, not here.

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