beauty
cleaning
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Carbonate ion

CAS 3812-32-6

Also registered as 1 other CAS number

878893-89-1

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Carbonate ion in plain language

What it is: Also known as Carbonate · AKOS022141799 · BDBM26987 · CO3 · CO3(2-) · Carbonate anion (CO32-)
Show all 20 names
Carbonate anion(2-) · Carbonate dianion · Carbonate ion(2-) · Carbonate ions · Carbonate(2-) · Carbonate(2-) ion · Carbonates · Carbonic acid, ion(2-) · DB14531 · Karbonat · Q27104479 · STL264244 · UNII-7UJQ5OPE7D · trioxidocarbonate(2-)
What it does: We don't have a plain-language description for Carbonate ion yet.
Is it a concern?: We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Carbonate ion appears in these published regulatory listings.

In marketed US drugs

Recorded in these product areas

Found in consumer products
Beauty
Cleaning

USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 9 composition records across product categories including Cleaning products and household care, Personal care.
- EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 9 composition records across product categories including Cleaning products and household care, Personal care.Source →
USFDAmarketed drug occurrenceFDA NDC lists this ingredient in 2 active drug products and 2 total products.
- FDA NDC lists this ingredient in 2 active drug products and 2 total products.Source →
USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.
- openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.Source →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Carbonate ion. 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 Carbonate ion yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

6 data sources

Where this comes from

EPA Chemical and Products Database
exposure · updated September 2018
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EPA DSSTox Identifiers
chemistry · updated 2025-12-29
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FDA National Drug Code Directory
regulatory · updated 2027-12-31
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FDA GSRS UNII
registry · updated 2026-02-26
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openFDA Substance
registry · updated 2026-05-24
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PubChem Live Enrichment
chemistry · updated 2026-05-17
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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 Carbonate ion in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

Named organisations

Cleaning products and household carePersonal care

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Catalog

Found in these products

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

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