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DISODIUM SELENITE

CAS 10102-18-8 Updated
18

Safety score · 0–100

Avoid

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

About

An inorganic selenium salt with documented systemic toxicity at low doses. Suitable only for tightly controlled nutritional use, not topical cosmetics — EU CLP carries acute and reproductive flags.

Function

NOT REPORTED

Skin benefits

  • Trace selenium source in nutritional contexts

Known concerns

  • GHS acute oral toxicity
  • Reproductive toxicity flag
  • EU CLP-listed STOT
  • Not suited to topical cosmetics

References

EU

EU CosIng database

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

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