What does Dea-perfluorohexyl ethylphosphates do?

Used in cosmetics as an emulsifier and a cleansing agent. DEA-Perfluorohexyl Ethylphosphates is the diethanolamine salt of a complex mixture of esters of perfluorohexylethanol and phosphoric acid.

Is Dea-perfluorohexyl ethylphosphates safe?

We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.

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Dea-perfluorohexyl ethylphosphates

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Dea-perfluorohexyl ethylphosphates in plain language

What it does: Used in cosmetics as an emulsifier and a cleansing agent. DEA-Perfluorohexyl Ethylphosphates is the diethanolamine salt of a complex mixture of esters of perfluorohexylethanol and phosphoric acid.
Emulsifying
Cleansing
Is it a concern?: We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.

What we know about this ingredient

Canonical ingredient record built from 1 public-source records.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Dea-perfluorohexyl ethylphosphates appears in these published regulatory listings.

EUCosIngActiveDEA-Perfluorohexyl Ethylphosphates is the diethanolamine salt of a complex mixture of esters of perfluorohexylethanol and phosphoric acid. Restriction: II/411
- DEA-Perfluorohexyl Ethylphosphates is the diethanolamine salt of a complex mixture of esters of perfluorohexylethanol and phosphoric acid. Restriction: II/411Source →

Expert safety opinions

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

1 data source

Where this comes from

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regulatory · updated 2026-09-23
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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.