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Carbon BlackUpdated a month ago

(Additional Names: CI 77266, Black 2, D&C Black No. 2, acetylene black, channel black furnace black, lamp black, thermal black)

A black powder used as a pigment in cosmetics. It is manufactured by the combustion of aromatic petroleum oil feedstock and consists essentially of pure carbon. The International Agency for Research on Cancer has classified it as possibly carcinogenic to humans. It may contain carcinogenic PAHs (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons) as a contaminant. 


Sources:

https://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Monographs/vol93/mono93.pdf
http://www.safecosmetics.org/get-the-facts/chemicals-of-concern/carbon-black/
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?fr=74.2052
https://ec.europa.eu/health/scientific_committees/consumer_safety/docs/sccs_o_144.pdf
https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/csem/csem.asp?csem=13&po=11

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