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Sodium Benzoate
Implicated in childhood hyperactivity studies and reported MCAS trigger.
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Unknown
Is Eau Thermale Avène Unknown low tox? Our scanner flagged 1 ingredient (1 in the caution tier) on its published label, screened against our 237 source-cited chemical rules.
1 caution
1 ingredient flagged
What we flagged
Full ingredients (from label)
AVENE THERMAL SPRING WATER (AVENE AQUAL C215 AIK BENZOATE COCO CAPRYLATE/CAPRATE METHYLENE BISBENZORAZORY TETRAMETHYLBURYSHENOL NANO WATER AQUAL CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDE BSETHYHEXOPHENCE METHOXYPHENYL FRIAZINE DIETHYLHEXY BUSAMIDO TRAZONE GOYCERIN SICA BUTY METHODBENZOYLMETHANE POTASSIUM CETYL phosphate DECH GILCOSIDE VP/ECOSENE COPOLYMER ACRYLATES C1030 ALKYL ACRYLATE CROSSPOLYMER BENEDIC ACO BUTMENE GLYCOL CARRY GLYCOL CARSOMER DISODIUM EDA FRAGRANCE PARFUME GOYCE BEHENATE GOCERY DREHENATE HEIANTHUS ANNUUS SUNFLOWER SEED OIL HEIANTHUS ANNUUS SEED CA OKOPHAZODINE FROPYLENE GLYCOL SODIUM BENZOATE SOOUM HYDRORIDE TOCOPHEROL TOCOPHERYL GLUCO SIGE TRIBEHENIN XANTHAN GUM
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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