Pp
PPG-13-Decyltetradeceth-24
PPG-13-Decyltetradeceth-24
A fatty alcohol linked to PEG and PPG chains, used to help oil and water mix.
What it does
It’s a fatty alcohol linked to PEG and PPG chains, which lets it hold onto both oil and water. The EU lists it as an emulsifier and a cleanser.
The evidence, graded
expert consensusUS safety reviewers (2016) assessed 131 alkyl PEG/PPG ethers, used mostly to cleanse, condition skin or help oil and water mix. With few data on these, they relied on similar ingredients. They judged all 131 safe as used, PPG-13-decyltetradeceth-24 among them, in products made not to irritate. Some can help other ingredients pass into skin, so makers should take care with what they’re combined with, and keep removing traces of ethylene oxide, propylene oxide and 1,4-dioxane.Fiume 2016 · International Journal of Toxicology ↗
Graded per the methodology: strong · moderate · emerging · expert consensus. A weak source on a strong claim gets the weaker label.
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