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Tetraethylene glycol diacrylate

CAS 62181-21-9

Also registered as 3 other CAS numbers

108136-50-1 · 1789737-02-5 · 17831-71-9

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Tetraethylene glycol diacrylate in plain language

What it is

On cosmetic ingredient lists it appears as “PEG-4 diacrylate”.

Also known as PEG-4 diacrylate · Acrylic acid, diester with tetraethylene glycol · Acrylic acid, oxybis(ethyleneoxyethylene) ester · Aronix M 240 · Oxybis(2,1-ethanediyloxy-2,1-ethanediyl)diacrylate · Viscoat 335HP

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tetra (ethylene glycol) diacrylate (tregda)

What it does

Used in cosmetics as a plasticiser.

  • Plasticiser
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. Tetraethylene glycol diacrylate appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Industrial
  • EUCosIngActivePEG-4 Diacrylate is the organic compound that conforms generally to the following formula, where n has an average value of 4:
    • PEG-4 Diacrylate is the organic compound that conforms generally to the following formula, where n has an average value of 4:Source →
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 2 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Plasticizer.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 2 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Plasticizer.Source →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Tetraethylene glycol diacrylate. 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 Tetraethylene glycol diacrylate 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 December 2018

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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 Tetraethylene glycol diacrylate in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

2

Named organisations

2

Laboratory supplies

Typical roles

Plasticiser
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