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Banned Substance

Diphtheria antitoxin

Updated
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Safety score · 0–100

Avoid

Derived from EU CosIng regulatory status, PubChem hazard data and published research. How we score.

About

A medicinal antitoxin used to treat diphtheria infection. Listed in EU Annex II — prohibited in cosmetics. It is a prescription biological with serious allergic-reaction risk.

Skin benefits

  • No legitimate benefit in cosmetics — banned

Known concerns

  • EU Annex II prohibited substance
  • Medicinal product, not a cosmetic
  • Allergenic biological with severe reaction risk
  • Strictly regulated as a pharmaceutical

References

EU

EU CosIng database

European Commission cosmetic ingredient registry — regulatory status, restrictions, authorised functions.

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