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Sodium perborate

CAS 15120-21-5

Also registered as 3 other CAS numbers

28323-85-5 · 29158-97-2 · 119004-81-8

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Sodium perborate in plain language

What it is

Also known as sodium perborate (0.35%)

What it does

Used in consumer products as a chelating agent and an oral-care ingredient.

  • Chelating agent
  • Oral care
Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

Regulation

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

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Beauty
  • Cleaning
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 33 composition records across product categories including Cleaning products and household care, Personal care, Cleaning and safety. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including oral care, Oxidizing agent, Pharmaceutical.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 33 composition records across product categories including Cleaning products and household care, Personal care, Cleaning and safety. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including oral care, Oxidizing agent, Pharmaceutical.Source →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Sodium perborate. 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 perborate 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

  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated September 2021

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

Source records

33

Named organisations

6

Cleaning products and household carePersonal careCleaning and safety

Typical roles

Chelating agentOral care
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Catalog

Found in these products

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