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Paraffin waxes and Hydrocarbon waxes, oxidized

CAS 68153-22-0

Also registered as 3 other CAS numbers

68649-45-6 · 72067-06-2 · 85746-45-8

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Paraffin waxes and Hydrocarbon waxes, oxidized in plain language

What it is

Also known as Carboxypolymethylene resin · Fischer-Tropsch unmicronized wax · Oxidized (C52-C56) paraflint wax · Oxidized fischer-tropsch-wax · Oxidized paraffin wax · Oxidized paraffin waxes and hydrocarbon waxes

Show all 10 names

Oxidized poly(methylene) · oxidized Paraffin · Poly(methylene), oxidized · Oxidized aliphatic (C40-C70) Fisher-Tropsch wax emulsion

What it does

We don't have a plain-language description for Paraffin waxes and Hydrocarbon waxes, oxidized yet.

Recorded functional uses: Waxes

Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Paraffin waxes and Hydrocarbon waxes, oxidized appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 0 composition records across product categories including unclassified products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including waxes.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 0 composition records across product categories including unclassified products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including waxes.Source →

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Paraffin waxes and Hydrocarbon waxes, oxidized yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

2 data sources

Where this comes from

  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated January 7, 2008

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  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

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Allergen profile

Canonical allergen markers detected on this ingredient. Each row is derived from the ingredient’s name or synonyms matching a known allergen class — useful when scanning a label for a specific allergy context.

  • FishContains · Oral (ingested)

    Source: chemindex_name_match

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 Paraffin waxes and Hydrocarbon waxes, oxidized in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Named organisations

1

Typical roles

Waxes
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