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Data: Limited

Ethyl Lauroyl Arginate Hcl

  • Products with this ingredient are allowed for use in EWG VERIFIED but must meet use restrictions and warnings based on EWG review of company data.
  • This ingredient's score is higher if used in products that may not meet industry safety guidelines or U.S. and international government requirements. The score will be lower if used in products that meet these safety guidelines and requirements.

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Other Concerns

Use restrictions (high)

SYNONYMS

● ETHYL LAUROYL ARGINATE HCL
● MIRENAT N
● N-ALPHA-LAUROYL-L-ARGININE ETHYL ESTER MONOHYDROCHLORIDE

Restricted

Restricted: EWG VERIFIED products cannot contain this ingredient without adequate substantiation

Ethyl Lauroyl Arginate HCl is a salt.

Common concerns

See how this product scores for common concerns.

  • LOW
    Cancer
  • LOW
    Allergies & Immunotoxicity
  • LOW
    Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity
  • HIGH
    Use Restrictions

Ingredient concerns

  • CONCERNS
  • DATA SOURCES

Products with this Ingredient

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conditioner13 products
around-eye cream6 products
mouthwash3 products
serums & essences6 products
facial moisturizer/treatment16 products
moisturizer9 products
mask12 products
facial cleanser5 products
makeup remover5 products
body firming lotion3 products
hair treatment/serum5 products
antiperspirant/deodorant (men's)1 products
antiperspirant/deodorant1 products
daily use with SPF2 products
recreational sunscreen4 products
baby sunscreen2 products
hair spray1 products
shampoo1 products
baby soap1 products
anti-aging4 products
eye makeup remover1 products
tooth whitening1 products
hair styling aid1 products
muscle/joint soreness1 products
lip balm1 products
baby lotion1 products

Use restrictions

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CONCERN REFERENCE
Violation of government restrictions - Restricted in cosmetics; use, concentration, or manufacturing restrictions - anyEU Cosmetics Directive
Restricted in cosmetics (recommendations or requirements) - use, concentration, or manufacturing restrictions - EU Cosmetics Directive
  • EU Cosmetics Directive

Understanding scores

Cosmetics and personal care products are not required to be tested for safety before being allowed on the market. The Skin Deep® scoring system was designed to help the public understand whether a product is safe to use or whether it contains ingredients of concern.

Every product and ingredient in Skin Deep gets a two-part score – one for hazard and one for data availability. The safest products score well by both measures, with a low hazard rating and a fair or better data availability rating.


HOW WE DETERMINE SCORES

Hazard score

The Skin Deep ingredient hazard score, from 1 to 10, reflects known and suspected hazards linked to the ingredients. The EWG Verified® mark means a product meets EWG’s strictest criteria for transparency and health.

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WEIGHT-OF-EVIDENCE APPROACH

A product’s hazard score is not an average of the ingredients’ hazard scores. It is calculated using a weight-of-evidence approach that factors in all of the hazards or health impacts associated with the ingredients.

Data availability

The Skin Deep data availability rating reflects the number of scientific studies about the product or ingredient in the published scientific literature.

NONE LIMITED FAIR GOOD ROBUST
Low Availability
Moderate Availability
High Availability
NONE

Ingredients have not been assessed.

LIMITED-FAIR

There is only a modest volume of research.

GOOD-ROBUST

Ingredients have been studied extensively.

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