Pregnancy and breastfeeding: what the texts say

Cosmetic ingredients classified as toxic for reproduction or breastfeeding by the CLP Regulation, or identified as endocrine disruptors for health (ECHA list). 64 ingredients, the strongest finding first in each part.

A classification describes the hazard of the pure substance, not the risk of a product that contains it, which depends on the dose and the exposure. For a question about your situation, show your product's list to your doctor, midwife or pharmacist.

Allowed in cosmetics, with or without conditions 15

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• Prohibition or serious classification BUTYLPARABEN Preservative allowed under conditions (Annex V)

  ECHAEuropean Chemicals Agency. has included it in the Candidate List as an endocrine disruptor for human health.

• Prohibition or serious classification CADMIUM FLUORIDE No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation

  Classified under the CLPEU regulation that classifies chemicals by their hazards (EC No 1272/2008). Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 1B (Repr. 1B), a hazard to fertility and the unborn child.

• Prohibition or serious classification DIBROMOCYANOACETAMIDE No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation

  An EU act identifies it as an endocrine disruptor for human health: Regulation (EU) 2026/577 (approval, biocidal products).

• Prohibition or serious classification OXYQUINOLINE Prohibited, with exceptions (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 1B (Repr. 1B), a hazard to the unborn child. The European Union nevertheless allows it under the conditions of its annex, after an opinion of its Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCSEU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety: it assesses cosmetic ingredients.).

• Worth watching 2-HYDROXYETHYL PICRAMIC ACID Allowed with restrictions (Annex III)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 2 (Repr. 2), a hazard to fertility. The European Union nevertheless allows it under the conditions of its annex, after an opinion of its Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS).

• Worth watching AMMONIUM SILVER ZINC ALUMINUM SILICATE Prohibited, with exceptions (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 2 (Repr. 2), a hazard to the unborn child. The European Union nevertheless allows it under the conditions of its annex, after an opinion of its Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS).

• Worth watching CADMIUM SULPHIDE No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 2 (Repr. 2), a hazard to fertility and the unborn child.

• Worth watching CI 77820 Prohibited for certain particle sizes (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 2 (Repr. 2), a hazard to fertility. The European Union nevertheless allows it under the conditions of its annex, after an opinion of its Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS).

• Worth watching COLLOIDAL SILVER Prohibited for certain particle sizes (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 2 (Repr. 2), a hazard to fertility. The European Union nevertheless allows it under the conditions of its annex, after an opinion of its Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS).

• Worth watching HEXYL SALICYLATE Allowed with restrictions (Annex III)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 2 (Repr. 2), a hazard to the unborn child. The European Union nevertheless allows it under the conditions of its annex, after an opinion of its Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS).

• Worth watching METHYL SALICYLATE Allowed with restrictions (Annex III)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 2 (Repr. 2), a hazard to the unborn child. The European Union nevertheless allows it under the conditions of its annex, after an opinion of its Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS).

• Worth watching SALICYLIC ACID Allowed with restrictions (Annex III)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 2 (Repr. 2), a hazard to the unborn child. The European Union nevertheless allows it under the conditions of its annex, after an opinion of its Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS).

• Worth watching SILVER Prohibited for certain particle sizes (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 2 (Repr. 2), a hazard to fertility. The European Union nevertheless allows it under the conditions of its annex, after an opinion of its Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS).

• Worth watching THIOUREA Prohibited, with exceptions (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 2 (Repr. 2), a hazard to the unborn child. The European Union nevertheless allows it under the conditions of its annex, after an opinion of its Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS).

• Worth watching TOLUENE Allowed with restrictions (Annex III)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 2 (Repr. 2), a hazard to the unborn child. The European Union nevertheless allows it under the conditions of its annex, after an opinion of its Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS).

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Should not be in a product sold in the EU.

• Prohibition or serious classification 4,4'-ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 1B (Repr. 1B), a hazard to fertility.

• Prohibition or serious classification 4-METHYLBENZYLIDENE CAMPHOR Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  ECHA has included it in the Candidate List as an endocrine disruptor for human health.

• Prohibition or serious classification 4-T-BUTYLBENZOIC ACID Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 1B (Repr. 1B), a hazard to fertility.

• Prohibition or serious classification BENZYL DIMETHYLAMINO MORPHOLINOPHENYL BUTANONE Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 1B (Repr. 1B), a hazard to the unborn child.

• Prohibition or serious classification BORIC ACID Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 1B (Repr. 1B), a hazard to fertility and the unborn child.

• Prohibition or serious classification BUTYL BENZYL PHTHALATE Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 1B (Repr. 1B), a hazard to the unborn child (known or presumed hazard) and fertility (suspected hazard).

• Prohibition or serious classification BUTYLPHENYL METHYLPROPIONAL Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 1B (Repr. 1B), a hazard to fertility (known or presumed hazard) and the unborn child (suspected hazard).

• Prohibition or serious classification CHOLECALCIFEROL Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  An EU act identifies it as an endocrine disruptor for human health: Regulation (EU) 2019/637 (approval, biocidal products).

• Prohibition or serious classification COBALT CHLORIDE Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 1B (Repr. 1B), a hazard to fertility.

• Prohibition or serious classification DIBUTYL PHTHALATE Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 1B (Repr. 1B), a hazard to the unborn child (known or presumed hazard) and fertility (suspected hazard).

• Prohibition or serious classification DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 1B (Repr. 1B), a hazard to fertility and the unborn child.

• Prohibition or serious classification DIMETHOXYDIGLYCOL Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 1B (Repr. 1B), a hazard to fertility and the unborn child.

• Prohibition or serious classification ETHOXYETHANOL ACETATE Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 1B (Repr. 1B), a hazard to fertility and the unborn child.

• Prohibition or serious classification ETHYL PYRROLIDONE Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 1B (Repr. 1B), a hazard to the unborn child.

• Prohibition or serious classification IMIDAZOLE Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 1B (Repr. 1B), a hazard to the unborn child.

• Prohibition or serious classification ISOBUTYLPARABEN Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  ECHA has included it in the Candidate List as an endocrine disruptor for human health.

• Prohibition or serious classification KETOCONAZOLE Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 1B (Repr. 1B), a hazard to fertility.

• Prohibition or serious classification LEAD ACETATE Covered by the prohibition « Lead and its compounds » (Annex II, No 289) (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 1A (Repr. 1A), a hazard to the unborn child (known or presumed hazard) and fertility (suspected hazard).

• Prohibition or serious classification METHOXYDIGLYCOL Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 1B (Repr. 1B), a hazard to the unborn child.

• Prohibition or serious classification METHOXYETHANOL Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 1B (Repr. 1B), a hazard to fertility and the unborn child.

• Prohibition or serious classification METHOXYETHANOL ACETATE Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 1B (Repr. 1B), a hazard to fertility and the unborn child.

• Prohibition or serious classification METHOXYETHYL ACRYLATE Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 1B (Repr. 1B), a hazard to fertility and the unborn child.

• Prohibition or serious classification METHYL ACETAMIDE Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 1B (Repr. 1B), a hazard to the unborn child.

• Prohibition or serious classification METHYL PYRROLIDONE Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 1B (Repr. 1B), a hazard to the unborn child.

• Prohibition or serious classification METHYLENE DI-T-BUTYLCRESOL Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 1B (Repr. 1B), a hazard to fertility.

• Prohibition or serious classification METHYLTHIOPHENYL MORPHOLINO ISOBUTANONE Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 1B (Repr. 1B), a hazard to fertility and the unborn child.

• Prohibition or serious classification NICKEL CHLORIDE Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 1B (Repr. 1B), a hazard to the unborn child.

• Prohibition or serious classification PENTASODIUM PENTETATE Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 1B (Repr. 1B), a hazard to the unborn child.

• Prohibition or serious classification PENTETIC ACID Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 1B (Repr. 1B), a hazard to the unborn child.

• Prohibition or serious classification SODIUM BORATE Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 1B (Repr. 1B), a hazard to fertility and the unborn child.

• Prohibition or serious classification SODIUM PERBORATE Covered by the prohibition « Borates, tetraborates, octaborates and boric acid salts and esters » (Annex II, No 1396) (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 1B (Repr. 1B), a hazard to fertility and the unborn child.

• Prohibition or serious classification TETRAHYDROFURFURYL ALCOHOL Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 1B (Repr. 1B), a hazard to the unborn child (known or presumed hazard) and fertility (suspected hazard).

• Prohibition or serious classification THEOPHYLLINE Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 1B (Repr. 1B), a hazard to the unborn child.

• Prohibition or serious classification ZINC PYRITHIONE Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 1B (Repr. 1B), a hazard to the unborn child.

• Worth watching 2,3-EPOXYPROPYLTRIMONIIUM CHLORIDE Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 2 (Repr. 2), a hazard to fertility.

• Worth watching BASIC GREEN 4 Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 2 (Repr. 2), a hazard to the unborn child.

• Worth watching BISHYDROXYETHYL BISCETYL MALONAMIDE Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 2 (Repr. 2), a hazard to fertility.

• Worth watching CADMIUM (NON-PYROPHORIC)[1]; CADMIUM OXIDE (NON-PYROPHORIC)[2] Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 2 (Repr. 2), a hazard to fertility and the unborn child.

• Worth watching CHLOROACETAMIDE Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 2 (Repr. 2), a hazard to fertility.

• Worth watching CHLOROFORM Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 2 (Repr. 2), a hazard to the unborn child.

• Worth watching CHLOROPHENE Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 2 (Repr. 2), a hazard to fertility.

• Worth watching CYCLOHEXYLAMINE Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 2 (Repr. 2), a hazard to fertility.

• Worth watching CYCLOMETHICONE Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 2 (Repr. 2), a hazard to fertility.

• Worth watching CYCLOTETRASILOXANE Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 2 (Repr. 2), a hazard to fertility.

• Worth watching ETHYLHEXYL ETHYLHEXANOATE Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 2 (Repr. 2), a hazard to the unborn child.

• Worth watching HEXANE Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 2 (Repr. 2), a hazard to fertility.

• Worth watching PHENOLPHTHALEIN Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 2 (Repr. 2), a hazard to fertility.

• Worth watching QUATERNIUM-15 Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 2 (Repr. 2), a hazard to the unborn child.

• Worth watching STYRENE Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

  Classified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 2 (Repr. 2), a hazard to the unborn child.