DIBUTYL PHTHALATE

What official classifications and rules say for each group. 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.

Prohibition or serious classificationThe text prohibits the substance for this use, or ranks it among the most serious hazards (known or presumed carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic, identified endocrine disruptor).Worth watchingThe text sets a condition or flags a hazard worth knowing: allergen, suspected effect, condition for children, hazard to the aquatic environment.For informationOfficial information with no condition on a finished product: warning to read, irritation of the pure substance.

• Pregnancy and breastfeeding

  Prohibition or serious classificationThe text prohibits the substance for this use, or ranks it among the most serious hazards (known or presumed carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic, identified endocrine disruptor).

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

  For a question about your own situation, ask your doctor, midwife or pharmacist.

• Babies and children

  Prohibited in cosmetics in the European Union for everyone, whatever the age or situation: no specific condition is therefore needed for this group.

• Skin, eyes and allergies

  No official classification for sensitisation, irritation or eye damage, and no obligation to label it as an allergen.

• Environment

  Prohibition or serious classificationThe text prohibits the substance for this use, or ranks it among the most serious hazards (known or presumed carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic, identified endocrine disruptor).

  Worth watching Classified under the CLP Regulation: hazardous to the aquatic environment, short term, category 1 (Aquatic Acute 1).

  Prohibition or serious classification ECHA has included it in the Candidate List as an endocrine disruptor for the environment.

• Read on the label

  The Cosmetics Regulation requires no warning to be printed for this ingredient.

Prohibited in cosmetics

CosIng links the name DIBUTYL PHTHALATE to this Annex II entry.

Entry

Annex II, No 675

Substance

Dibutyl phthalate

CAS

84-74-2

EC

201-557-4

Identity

CosIng identifier

84488

CAS (according to CosIng)

84-74-2

EC (according to CosIng)

201-557-4

Declared functions

Fragrance, Plasticiser, Solvent, Perfuming

dibutyl phthalate; DBP

Reproductive toxicity, category 1B (Repr. 1B)

Hazard classes

Reproductive toxicity, category 1B (Repr. 1B)
Hazardous to the aquatic environment, short term, category 1 (Aquatic Acute 1)

Hazard statements

H360Df H400

• Identified as an endocrine disruptor at EU level

Recorded evaluations

• Candidate list, REACH (health and environment)

• 31 October 2025: False nails set, Janelove®, Czechia (“Serious risk”) alert
  According to the list of ingredients, the glue contains dibutyl phthalate (DBP), which use is forbidden in cosmetic products.This phthalate may harm the health of person, causing possible damage to their reproductive system or the unborn child. The product…
• 3 October 2025: Hair wax, Nishman, Germany (“Serious risk”) alert
  The product contains dibutyl phthalate (DBP) (measured value up to 0.00083 % by weight). This phthalate may harm the health, causing possible damage to the reproductive system or the unborn child. The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products…
• 22 August 2025: False nails with glue, VV MEIJIAER, Czechia (“Serious risk”) alert
  According to the list of ingredients, the glue contains dibutyl phthalate (DBP), which is forbidden in cosmetic products. This phthalate may harm the health, possibly causing damage to the reproductive system or the unborn child. The product does not comply…

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

• Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

Same entries as in the European Union. Their maximum concentrations are compared in the “Comparison between countries” table; other conditions (product types, warnings) may differ.

Switzerland

Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 applies in Switzerland (Article 54 of the Ordinance on Foodstuffs and Utility Articles).

United States, federal rules

None of the integrated sections of the federal code (21 CFR 700.11 to 700.27 and 250.250) targets this name. The FDA does not publish a list of allowed ingredients.

Washington State (United States)

• Prohibited: Ortho-phthalates

  RCW 70A.560.020 (1)(a), from 1 January 2025. Prohibited when intentionally added to a cosmetic product.

South Korea

• Prohibited: 프탈레이트류(디부틸프탈레이트, 디에틸헥실프탈레이트, 부틸벤질프탈레이트에 한함) (DIBUTYL PHTHALATE)

  별표 1 (prohibited substances), entry 962, page 48.

  Conditions, source text, in Korean

  화학물질명: 디부틸프탈레이트 (CAS No. 84-74-2) | 화학물질명: 디에틸헥실프탈레이트 (CAS No. 117-81-7) | 화학물질명: 부틸벤질프탈레이트 (CAS No. 85-68-7)

China

• Prohibited: 邻苯二甲酸二丁酯 (Dibutyl phthalate （CAS No. 84-74-2）)

  表1 化妆品禁用原料目录 (prohibited substances, 2021年第74号), entry 464, page 附件2 (.doc) table row 464 ; TID reprint p.18.

Australia

• Prohibited for the stated use: DIBUTYL PHTHALATE

  Poisons Standard, Schedule 10 (formerly Appendix C), page 315.

  Conditions, source text

  for cosmetic use.

Brazil

• Prohibited: Ftalato de dibutila, exceto em produtos para as unhas de uso adulto em concentração até 15%. Proibido em produtos infantis.

  RDC 529/2021, Anexo (prohibited substances), entry 675, page 24.

  Conditions, source text, in Portuguese

  N° UE: 675