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Data: Limited

Laureth 3

  • 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 and may have contamination concerns from toxic impurities. The score will be lower if used in products that do meet these safety guidelines and requirements and EWG’s contamination restrictions.

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Other Concerns

Use restrictions (low), Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low), and Contamination concerns (high)

SYNONYMS

● ETHANOL, 2-[2-[2-(DODECYLOXY)ETHOXY]ETHOXY]-
● LAURYLTRIGLYCOL ETHER
● LAURYL TRIETHOXYLATE
● LAURYL ALCOHOL TRIGLYCOL ETHER
● DODECYL TRIETHYLENE GLYCOL ETHER
● 2-(2-(2-(DODECYLOXY)ETHOXY)ETHOXY)ETHANOL
● UNII-459EF9MP3Y COMPONENT FKMHSNTVILORFA-UHFFFAOYSA-N
● UNII-93RY22U87E COMPONENT FKMHSNTVILORFA-UHFFFAOYSA-N
● UNII-4G671QKG2Q COMPONENT FKMHSNTVILORFA-UHFFFAOYSA-N
● UNII-DMC6N3419L COMPONENT FKMHSNTVILORFA-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Restricted

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

Laureth-3 is a polyethylene glycol ether of Lauryl Alcohol (q.v.).

Common concerns

See how this product scores for common concerns.

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

Ingredient concerns

  • CONCERNS
  • DATA SOURCES

Products with this Ingredient

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facial moisturizer/treatment5 products
hair color and bleaching162 products
liquid hand soap11 products
bath oil/salts/soak5 products
moisturizer17 products
mask8 products
antiperspirant/deodorant10 products
facial cleanser5 products
body wash/cleanser10 products
shampoo6 products
body oil5 products
anti-aging1 products
hair treatment/serum1 products
nail treatment1 products
makeup remover1 products
eye shadow21 products
exfoliant/scrub1 products
foundation40 products
styling mousse/foam4 products
body spray2 products
recreational sunscreen2 products
baby shampoo1 products
baby soap1 products
Oils & Serums1 products
Facial Sun Care1 products

Contamination concerns

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Chemical
ETHYLENE OXIDE
1,4-DIOXANE

Use restrictions

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CONCERN REFERENCE
Determined safe for use in cosmetics, subject to concentration or use limitations - Safe for use in cosmetics with some qualificationsCosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR)

Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs)

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CONCERN REFERENCE
skin/eye/lung irritation - weight of evidence unknown/unassessedCosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR)
  • Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR)

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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