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Thallium and its compounds

CAS 7440-28-0
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Safety score · 0–100

Avoid

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

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Thallium And Its Compounds is a cosmetic ingredient. Exercise caution due to limited available safety data.

Thallium and its compounds are categorized as extremely toxic heavy metals. EU CLP classification includes H300/H330 (fatal if swallowed/inhaled), H310 (fatal in contact with skin), H314 (severe skin burns), H319 (eye irritation), H360 (reproductive toxicity), H370/H372 (organ toxicity), H340 (mutagenicity), and H362 (effects on or via lactation). The EU Cosmetics Regulation Annex II explicitly prohibits thallium and its compounds in cosmetic products. Thallium has no safe level in consumer cosmetics and is listed as an SVHC under REACH.

Known concerns

  • Extremely toxic heavy metal H300/H330
  • Fatal skin contact H310
  • Severe skin burns H314
  • Reproductive toxicity H360
  • Mutagenicity H340
  • Banned in EU cosmetics (Annex II)
  • No safe threshold in cosmetics

References

EU

EU CosIng database

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

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