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Cadmium formate

CAS 12537-91-6

Also registered as 1 other CAS number

4464-23-7

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Cadmium formate in plain language

What it is

On cosmetic ingredient lists it appears as “Cadmium diformate; cadmium formate”.

Also known as Cadmium diformate; cadmium formate · Cadmium diformate · Formic acid, cadmium salt (2:1) · Formic acid, cadmium salt (8CI,9CI)

What it does

We don't have a plain-language description for Cadmium formate yet.

Recorded functional uses: Not reported

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. Cadmium formate appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Industrial
  • EUCosIngActiveRestriction: Annex: II/68
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 1 composition records across product categories including unclassified products.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 1 composition records across product categories including unclassified products.Source →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Cadmium formate. 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 Cadmium formate 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

    Open →

  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated 2019-02-27

    Open →

  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

    Open →

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

Source records

1

Typical roles

Not reported
See products using Cadmium formate →