Final report on the safety assessment of sodium cetearyl sulfate and related alkyl sulfates as used in cosmetics.
Sodium cetearyl sulfate is the sodium salt of a mixture of cetyl and stearyl sulfate. The other ingredients in this safety assessment are also alkyl salts, including ammonium coco-sulfate, ammonium myristyl sulfate, magnesium coco-sulfate, sodium cetyl sulfate, sodium coco/hydrogenated tallow sulfate, sodium coco-sulfate, sodium decyl sulfate, sodium ethylhexyl sulfate, sodium myristyl sulfate, sodium oleyl sulfate, sodium stearyl sulfate, sodium tallow sulfate, sodium tridecyl sulfate, and zinc coco-sulfate. These ingredients are surfactants used at concentrations from 0.1% to 29%, primarily in soaps and shampoos. Many of these ingredients are not in current use. The Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) Expert Panel previously completed a safety assessment of sodium and ammonium lauryl sulfate. The data available for sodium lauryl sulfate and ammonium lauryl sulfate provide sufficient basis for concluding that sodium cetearyl sulfate and related alkyl sulfates are safe in the practices of use and concentration described in the safety assessment.
Fiume
Monice
M
Cosmetic Ingredient Review, 1101 17th Street, NW, Suite 412, Washington, DC 20036, USA. cirinfo@cir-safety.org
Bergfeld
Wilma F
WF
Belsito
Donald V
DV
Klaassen
Curtis D
CD
Marks
James G
JG
Shank
Ronald C
RC
Slaga
Thomas J
TJ
Snyder
Paul W
PW
Alan Andersen
F
F
D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory; D003257:Consumer Product Safety; D003358:Cosmetics / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000633:toxicity*; D005233:Fatty Alcohols / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000633:toxicity*; D006801:Humans; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013228:Stearates / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000633:toxicity*; D013463:Sulfuric Acid Esters / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000633:toxicity*; D018675:Toxicity Tests
D003358:Cosmetics; D005233:Fatty Alcohols; D013228:Stearates; D013463:Sulfuric Acid Esters; C002211:cetyl sulfate