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Sodium

CAS 7440-23-5

Also registered as 6 other CAS numbers

116001-96-8 · 391974-78-0 · 184637-88-5 · 213530-35-9 · 351903-26-9 · 1061193-24-5

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Sodium in plain language

What it is: Also known as Na · Sodium atom · Sodium metal · Elemental sodium · 11Na · Atomic sodium
Show all 22 names
Gmw vitapet water · Sodium Ion Level · Natrium · Sodalite 8149 · Sodium (NOS) · Sodium 23 · Un 1428 · sodio · sodium (sara iii) · sodium (cercla) · sodium (cercla) % wt: 100 ppm · sodium (cercla) % wt: 1000 ppm · sodium (na) (cercla) · sodium (natrium) · sodium(1+) ion · Na Standard Solution
What it does: Used in consumer products as a colourant.
Colourant
Is it a concern?: We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Sodium appears in these published regulatory listings.

In marketed US drugs

Recorded in these product areas

Found in consumer products
Beauty
Cleaning
Pharma
Industrial

USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 213 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies, Specialty occupational products, Industrial products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Dye.
- EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 213 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies, Specialty occupational products, Industrial products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Dye.Source →
USFDAmarketed drug occurrenceFDA NDC lists this ingredient in 6 active drug products and 7 total products.
- FDA NDC lists this ingredient in 6 active drug products and 7 total products.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 Sodium. 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 Sodium 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

EPA Chemical and Products Database
exposure · updated jan 24 1989
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EPA DSSTox Identifiers
chemistry · updated 2025-12-29
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FDA National Drug Code Directory
regulatory · updated 2027-12-31
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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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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 Sodium in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

213

Named organisations

Laboratory suppliesSpecialty occupational productsIndustrial productsConstruction and building materialsCleaning and safetyCons. electronics, mech. appliances, and machinery

Typical roles

Colourant

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Catalog

Found in these products

Their ingredient lists include Sodium; 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 Sodium in the catalog.