THYMOL

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

  No classification harmonised by the European Union covers reproduction, the unborn child or breastfeeding for this substance. This does not mean it has been judged to have no effect during pregnancy.

• Babies and children

  The Cosmetics Regulation sets no age-related condition for this ingredient.

• Skin, eyes and allergies

  For informationOfficial information with no condition on a finished product: warning to read, irritation of the pure substance.

  For information Classified under the CLPEU regulation that classifies chemicals by their hazards (EC No 1272/2008). Regulation: skin corrosion, category 1B (Skin Corr. 1B). This classification describes the pure substance; in a finished product it is far more diluted.

• Environment

  For informationOfficial information with no condition on a finished product: warning to read, irritation of the pure substance.

  For information Classified under the CLP Regulation: hazardous to the aquatic environment, long term, category 2 (Aquatic Chronic 2).

• Read on the label

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

No specific rule of the EU Cosmetics Regulation names this ingredient: it is on none of its lists (prohibited, restricted, colorants, preservatives, UV filters). It may be used under the responsibility of the manufacturer, who must ensure the product is safe.

Identity

CosIng identifier

38597

CAS (according to CosIng)

89-83-8

EC (according to CosIng)

201-944-8

Declared functions

Denaturant, Fragrance, Oral care, Skin conditioning: miscellaneous

Wikidata

Q408883

PubChem

6989

ECHAEuropean Chemicals Agency. InfoCard

100.001.768

InChIKey

MGSRCZKZVOBKFT-UHFFFAOYSA-N

thymol

Neither carcinogenic, mutagenic nor toxic for reproduction under the harmonised classification

Hazard classes

Acute toxicity, category 4 (Acute Tox. 4)
Skin corrosion, category 1B (Skin Corr. 1B)
Hazardous to the aquatic environment, long term, category 2 (Aquatic Chronic 2)

Hazard statements

H302 H314 H411

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

• No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation

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.

Japan

• Allowed under conditions: チモール (Thymol)

  Annex 3-2 (allowed preservatives), entry 20, page 8.

  Conditions, source text, in Japanese

  [sub-list] 2　化粧品の種類により配合の制限がある成分(注1) | 100g中の最大配合量（ｇ） / 粘膜に使用されることがない化粧品のうち洗い流すもの: 0.050 | 100g中の最大配合量（ｇ） / 粘膜に使用されることがない化粧品のうち洗い流さないもの: 0.050 | 100g中の最大配合量（ｇ） / 粘膜に使用されることがある化粧品: ○（注２） | (注1)　空欄は、配合してはならないことを示し、○印は、配合の上限がないことを示す。 | (注2)　粘膜に使用される化粧品であって、口腔に使用されるものに限り、配合することができる。

82 recorded products list it, according to Open Beauty Facts contributors. Records are dated: the formula may have changed. See the list (in French).