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Magnesium

CAS 14147-08-1

Also registered as 5 other CAS numbers

67208-78-0 · 199281-20-4 · 298688-48-9 · 1169483-41-3 · 7439-95-4

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Magnesium in plain language

What it is: On cosmetic ingredient lists it appears as “Magnesium powder”.
Also known as Magnesium powder · Mg · Bye Zero · Dietary Magnesium · Giftpeak Magnesium Sleep Cream · Hypermagnesemia
Show all 28 names
MAGNESIUM (Mg) · MAGNESIUM POWDER (pyrophoric) · Magnesium 100 · Magnesium Shot · Magnesium powdered · Magnesium sheet · Magnum Forte · Mg 3820 · Minaral mi tea · Nmc Magma Mineral Pack · Ozone magnez · Pk 31 · Rieke's active magnesium · magnesio · magnesium (mg) (limits as mg oxide fume) · magnesium (pel/tlv as magnesium oxide fume) · magnesium (pel/tlv as magnesium oxide) · magnesium(2+) ion · magnesium. %(wt): 0.40-0.8. (pel/tlv as magnesium oxidefume) · magnesium. %(wt): 0.8-1.2. (pel/tlv as magnesium oxidefume) · Magnesium metallicum · magnesium (a component of flameless ration heater-frh)
What it does: Used in cosmetics as an antioxidant, a skin-conditioning agent and an abrasive. Magnesium is a metallic element.
Antioxidant
Skin conditioning
Abrasive
Reducing
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. Magnesium appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

Found in consumer products
Beauty
Cleaning
Pharma
Industrial

EUCosIngActive2 entries
- Magnesium is a metallic element.Source →
- Magnesium Powder is an inorganic metal consisting of powdered magnesiumSource →
USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 1195 composition records across product categories including Construction and building materials, Furniture and furnishings, Cons. electronics, mech. appliances, and machinery. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Reducing agent, component of aluminum threshold options., aluminum component.
- EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 1195 composition records across product categories including Construction and building materials, Furniture and furnishings, Cons. electronics, mech. appliances, and machinery. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Reducing agent, component of aluminum threshold options., aluminum component.Source →
USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.
- openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.Source →

Expert safety opinions

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

6 data sources

Where this comes from

CosIng
regulatory · updated 2026-09-23
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EPA Chemical and Products Database
exposure · updated october 21, 2016
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EPA DSSTox Identifiers
chemistry · updated 2025-12-29
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FDA GSRS UNII
registry · updated 2026-02-26
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openFDA Substance
registry · updated 2026-05-24
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PubChem Live Enrichment
chemistry · updated 2026-05-17
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Allergen profile

Canonical allergen markers detected on this ingredient. Each row is derived from the ingredient’s name or synonyms matching a known allergen class — useful when scanning a label for a specific allergy context.

DairyContains · Oral (ingested)
Source: chemindex_name_match

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 Magnesium in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

1,195

Named organisations

Construction and building materialsFurniture and furnishingsCons. electronics, mech. appliances, and machineryCleaning products and household careLaboratory suppliesBatteries

Typical roles

AntioxidantSkin conditioningAbrasiveReducing

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Catalog

Found in these products

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

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Co-occurrence

Often appears with

Ingredients that frequently appear alongside Magnesium in the catalog.