beauty
cleaning
industrial

Rubber, silicone

CAS 37220-79-4

Also registered as 51 other CAS numbers

53800-43-4 · 53800-58-1 · 53800-59-2 · 53800-80-9 · 54650-16-7 · 56747-66-1 · 59693-36-6 · 59787-85-8 · 64441-71-0 · 64441-72-1 · 66813-28-3 · 73989-68-1 · 78590-66-6 · 79806-02-3 · 81391-20-0 · 94363-18-5 · 96957-26-5 · 128606-52-0 · 178096-26-9 · 286855-61-6 · 627809-86-3 · 631914-65-3 · 858356-58-8 · 907603-50-3 · 913724-20-6 · 1000806-18-7 · 1160589-76-3 · 1260379-20-1 · 1304603-40-4 · 1338726-36-5 · 1437799-36-4 · 1438899-03-6 · 1438899-04-7 · 1471388-22-3 · 1471388-26-7 · 2243454-84-2 · 2243456-40-6 · 2243456-41-7 · 2243631-57-2 · 2307704-08-9 · +11 more

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Rubber, silicone in plain language

What it is: On cosmetic ingredient lists it appears as “POLYSILICONE-11”.
Also known as POLYSILICONE-11 · 3002A (rubber) · Aquasil Ultra XLV · Dow corning 3110 · Dow corning 3112 · Dow corning 3120
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Dow corning 790 · Dow corning 795 · Dow corning 999 · dimethyl polysiloxane fluid= · dimethylpocysiloxane · dimethylpolysiloxane · dimethylpolysiloxane (also called polydimethylsilicone) · polydimethylsiloxane (silicone rubber) · silicone · synthetic rubber
What it does: Used in cosmetics as a film former. Cyclosiloxanes, dimethyl, polymers with dimethyl, methyl hydrogen siloxanes and vinyl-group terminated dimethylsiloxanes.
Film forming
Film former
Conditioner
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. Rubber, silicone appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

Found in consumer products
Beauty
Cleaning
Industrial

EUCosIngActiveCyclosiloxanes, dimethyl, polymers with dimethyl, methyl hydrogen siloxanes and vinyl-group terminated dimethylsiloxanes
- Cyclosiloxanes, dimethyl, polymers with dimethyl, methyl hydrogen siloxanes and vinyl-group terminated dimethylsiloxanesSource →
USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 659 composition records across product categories including Construction and building materials, Industrial products, Home maintenance. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Film former, Softener and conditioner, Defoamer.
- EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 659 composition records across product categories including Construction and building materials, Industrial products, Home maintenance. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Film former, Softener and conditioner, Defoamer.Source →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Rubber, silicone. 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 Rubber, silicone 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
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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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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 Rubber, silicone in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

659

Named organisations

Construction and building materialsIndustrial productsHome maintenanceRaw materialsSpecialty occupational productsMedical/dental

Typical roles

Film formingFilm formerConditioner

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Catalog

Found in these products

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

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