# Chloride

URL: https://app.greenveil.ai/ingredients/ingredient_dtxsid_dtxsid6043969
Categories: beauty, cleaning, food, industrial, pharma
Functions: No specific technical function
Identifier: DTXSID6043969

> Chloride is used as no specific technical function. Greenveil chemical-concern score: 40/100 — Moderate concern based on regulatory listings.. Compiled from 7 published data sources.

## Safety assessment

- Chemical concern score: 40/100 — Moderate concern based on regulatory listings.
- Confidence in this assessment: High
- Is it a concern? Moderate concern: no hazard classifications on record.
- Rationale: EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 26 composition records across product categories including Construction and building materials, Laboratory supplies, Batteries.

## Regulatory status

- EU: EFSA opinion — Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Dietetic products, nutrition and allergies on a request from the Commission related to the Tolerable Upper Intake Level of Chloride (EFSA NDA)
- US: commercial use observed — EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 26 composition records across product categories including Construction and building materials, Laboratory supplies, Batteries. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including No specific technical function.
- US: marketed drug occurrence — FDA NDC lists this ingredient in 2 active drug products and 3 total products.
- US: listed in openFDA substance — openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.

## Expert safety opinions

- SCCS (EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety): no opinion on file.
- CIR (Cosmetic Ingredient Review (US expert panel)): no opinion on file.
- JECFA (Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives): no opinion on file.
- EFSA (European Food Safety Authority): Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Dietetic products, nutrition and allergies on a request from the Commission related to the Tolerable Upper Intake Level of Chloride (EFSA NDA) — 2005 — https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2005.210.

## Data sources

- EFSA OpenFoodTox (updated 2026-10-04): https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8120114
- EPA Chemical and Products Database (updated November 2016): https://living-future.org/declare-products/everguard-extreme-tpo-2/
- EPA DSSTox Identifiers (updated 2025-12-29): https://epa.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Chemistry_Dashboard_Data_DSSTox_Identifiers_Mapped_to_CAS_Numbers_and_Names/5588566
- FDA National Drug Code Directory (updated 2027-11-18): https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-approvals-and-databases/national-drug-code-directory-support-files
- FDA GSRS UNII (updated 2026-02-26): https://precision.fda.gov/uniisearch/
- openFDA Substance (updated 2026-05-24): https://api.fda.gov/other/substance.json?search=unii:Q32ZN48698
- PubChem Live Enrichment (updated 2026-05-17): https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/312

_Assessed by Greenveil._