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Sodium Lauryl Sulfatei
Strong surfactant that strips skin lipids. Worsens eczema, rosacea and psoriasis barrier issues.
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Is Colgate Luminous white low tox? Our scanner flagged 4 ingredients (4 in the caution tier) on its published label, screened against our 237 source-cited chemical rules.
4 caution
4 ingredients flagged
What we flagged
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Cocamidopropyl Betaine
Ostensibly 'gentle' but ACDS Allergen of the Year 2004. Contains DMAPA/amidoamine impurities.
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Sodium Saccharin
Long-term safety contested; gut microbiome impact in animal studies.
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CI 77891
Banned as a food additive in the EU (2022) due to nano-particle genotoxicity concerns. Inhalation classified IARC Group 2B.
Full ingredients (from label)
VECES AL DIA D EPILLAR. PRECAUCIONES: ESTE PRODUCTO ESTA CONTRAINDE CEP ERIR MANTEN RA DEL ALCANCE DE LOS NINOS. NO REQUIERE ELIMINACION E G-12 SODIUM LAURYL SULFATEI LAURILSULFATO DE SODIOAROMA SABOR CELLULOSE GUM G POTASSIUM HYDROXIDEI HIDROXIDO DE POTASIOTETRASODIUM PYROPHOSPHATEI PIROFOSFATO TETH ORIC ACIDI ACIDO FOSFORICOCOCAMIDOPROPYL BETAINE/ COCAMIDOPROPIL BETAINA SODIUM FL IRO DE SODIOBENZYL ALCOHOLI ALCOHOL BENC0LICOSODIUM SACCHARIN/SACARINA SODICA CI 7788 a NIO (CI 77891)LIMONENEI DIPENTENO. CONTIENE FLUORURO DE SODIO (1450 ppm DE FLUOR/1450 ugy DE R ON AL CONSUMIDOR: ARG: 0-810-444-057
How this analysis is generated
Each ingredient on this product's published label is matched against our 237 source-cited chemical rules, each documenting a concern from peer-reviewed research and regulatory sources. Severity tiers:
- Avoid (red) — banned or restricted in the EU, UK or Canada but still legal in the US, IARC-listed, or strong contact-allergen evidence.
- Caution (amber) — regulatory caution, contamination risk, or condition-specific irritant.
- Mild (green) — low concern but commonly avoided in low-tox formulations.
Each flag links to its primary chemical-level source, and each condition pill links to a PubMed-indexed paper that discusses the chemical class in the context of that condition. Every citation is a real peer-reviewed paper — we don't link to Wikipedia or PubMed search pages. Some pairs use a topically-broad paper (e.g. a fragrance-allergen patch-test review) rather than a single-pair study where the literature is thin. The full evidence chain (chemical → mechanism → condition → paper) is one click away.
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