- Korean limit
- 1%
Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII 21LB2V459E · registered name ZINC BORATE · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
- Banned
- European Union
- Restricted
- China · South Korea
Source: MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information
Argentina · Brazil
- Field of application and/or use : (a)Talc (b) Products for oral hygiene (c) Other products (excluding bath products and hair undulation)
- Maximum concentration permitted at final product : (a) 5% (m/m calculated as boric acid) (b) 0,1% (m/m calculated as boric acid) (c) 3% (m/m calculated as boric acid)
- Other limitations and requirements : a) No use in products for children under 3 years. Do not use on broken or irritated skin if the tenor of soluble free borates exceed 1,5% (calculated as boric acid, m / m) b) No use in products for children under 3 years. c) No use in products for children under 3 years. Do not use on broken or irritated skin if the concentration of soluble borates exceed 1,5% (calculated as boric acid, m / m)
- Use conditions and warnings that must appear on the label : a), b) and c) For products for adult use: "Do not use in children" For products aimed at children: "Do not use in children under 3 years" a) Do not use on broken or irritated skin b) Do not ingest c) Do not use on broken or irritated skin
- Maximum concentration permitted at final product : 1% calculated as zinc.
ASEAN
- Field of application and/or use : (a) Talc (b) Products for oral hygiene (c) Other products (excluding bath products and hair waving products)
- Maximum authorised concentration in the finished cosmetic product : (a) 5% (by mass/mass as boric acid) (b) 0.1% (by mass/mass as boric acid) (c) 3% (by mass/mass as boric acid)
- Other limitations and requirements : (a) 1. Not to be used in products for children under 3 years of age 2. Not to be used on peeling or irritated skin if the concentration of free soluble borates exceeds 1.5% (by mass/mass as boric acid) (b) Not to be used in products for children under 3 years of age (c) 1. Not to be used in products for children under 3 years of age 2. Not to be used on peeling or irritated skin if the concentration of free soluble borates exceeds 1.5% (by mass/mass as boric acid)
- Conditions of use and warning which must be printed on the labels : (a) 1. Not to be used in products for children under 3 years of age 2. Not to be used on peeling or irritated skin (b) 1. Not to be swallowed 2. Not to be used in products for children under 3 years of age (c) 1. Not to be used in products for children under 3 years of age 2. Not to be used on peeling or irritated skin
- Field of application :
- Other limitations and requirements :
Canada
- Conditions of Use by product type : (a) As a pH adjuster (b) Other cosmetics
- Maximum Concentration Permitted : ((a) 0.1% (b) 5%
- Warnings and Cautionary Statements: (to the effect of) : (b) "Do not use on broken or abraded skin, not to be used by children under three years of age."
Source: MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information
Korea’s toxic-substance GHS classification: Danger · H400 (category 1) · H410 (category 1) · H319 (category 2) · +1 more
Restriction II/1396 · SCCS opinion: Opinion on Boric acid, Borates and Tetraborates; Opinion on Sodium Perborate and Perboric Acid
Source: EU CosIng ingredient list
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 10192-46-8
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 1332-07-6
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 215-566-6
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 233-471-8
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID6091554
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID4065238
- IUPAC
- Zinc borate (3/2)
- Molecular formula
- B2O6Zn3
- Molecular weight
- 313.75 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- solid
- Colour
- white
- Odour
- odourless
- pH
- 7.6
- Melting/freezing point
- &, gt, 300 ℃
- Flammability (solid, gas)
- not flammable
- Water solubility
- &, lt, ㎎/ℓ
- Vapour density
- 3.64 g/㎤
- Relative density
- 2.6
- Molecular weight
- 434.75
Values measured on the substance itself. The KOSHA data are a reference for writing and reviewing safety data sheets, not a specification for a commercial raw material.
Source: KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
What products actually use it for
What the 48 products reported to the US EPA with this ingredient use it for. Products outside cosmetics are included, so the top few rows are its main uses.
- Flame retardant36
- Biocide2
- Conductive agent2
- Filler2
- Processing aids not otherwise specified2
- Flocculating agent1
- Pigment1
- Intermediate1
1 other uses
- Corrosion inhibitor1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
2 skin studies and 2 eye studies are on record.
The study conclusions largely agree (100%). These tests are on the raw material itself; irritation at the amount in a finished product is a different question.
See all 4 studies
- Not classified
Skin Irritation · Screening - Classification not possible
Skin Sensitization · Screening - Category 6.4A (Category 2A)
Eye Irritation · Read Across - Category 2
Eye Irritation · Screening
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
Linked databases 15
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Health Canada Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information 2 3
- Tlooto literature search 2
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US EPA CompTox dashboard 2
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database
- US FDA substance registration (GSRS)
- US FDA Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII)
- Wikidata