# Hydroquinone

URL: https://app.greenveil.ai/ingredients/ingredient_dtxsid_dtxsid7020716
Categories: beauty, industrial, pharma
Functions: Antioxidant, Bleaching agent, diols, Dye, Flavouring and nutrient, Fragrance, Monomers, polymerization initiators / inhibitors / catalysts>inhibitors, polyols, Reducing agent, Stabilizing agent
Identifier: DTXSID7020716

> Hydroquinone is used as antioxidant / bleaching agent. Greenveil chemical-concern score: 65/100 — High concern based on regulatory listings.. Assessed from 7 sources.

## Safety assessment

- Chemical concern score: 65/100 — High concern based on regulatory listings.
- Confidence: 4
- Rationale: EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 1954 composition records across product categories including Cons. electronics, mech. appliances, and machinery, Laboratory supplies, Specialty occupational products.

## Regulatory status

- CA: Restricted — Restricted by the Health Canada Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist for cosmetics.
- US: commercial use observed — EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 1954 composition records across product categories including Cons. electronics, mech. appliances, and machinery, Laboratory supplies, Specialty occupational products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Stabilizing agent, Antioxidant, Fragrance.
- US: marketed drug occurrence — FDA NDC lists this ingredient in 20 active drug products and 22 total products.
- US: listed in openFDA substance — openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.

_Assessed by Greenveil._