# Titanium dioxide (nano)

URL: https://app.greenveil.ai/ingredients/ingredient_inci_titanium_dioxide_nano
Categories: beauty
Functions: uv filter
Identifier: TITANIUM DIOXIDE (NANO)

> Titanium dioxide (nano) is used as uv filter. Greenveil chemical-concern score: 25/100 — Minor concern based on regulatory listings.. Assessed from 1 source.

## Safety assessment

- Chemical concern score: 25/100 — Minor concern based on regulatory listings.
- Confidence: 4
- Rationale: Titanium dioxide (nano) is listed in Annex VI of the EU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009 (UV filters allowed in cosmetic products).

## Regulatory status

- EU: allowed_listed — Annex VI of EU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009: UV filters allowed in cosmetic products. Maximum concentration: 25% - In case of combined use of Titanium Dioxide and Titanium Dioxide (nano), the sum shall not exceed the limit of 25%. Conditions of use and warnings: Not to be used in applications that may lead to exposure of the end-user's lungs by inhalation Only nanomaterials having the following characteristics are allowed: — purity ≥ 99 %, — rutile form, or rutile with up to 5 % anatase, with crystalline structure and physical appearance as clusters of spherical, needle, or lanceolate shapes, — median particle size based on number size…

_Assessed by Greenveil._