Hexachlorophene

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Hexachlorophene:
Cosmetic Toxin Data

Cancer Hazard	Birth Defects	Safety Violation	Harmful Impurities	Safety Unknown	Penetration Agent	Immune Toxicant

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Hexachlorophene Hazard Summary

CAS Number: 70-30-4

• Can affect you when breathed in and by passing through your skin.
•Can irritate the skin and eyes on contact with possible permanent eye damage.
•Can irritate the nose and throat and causing coughing and wheezing.
•Exposure can cause headache, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps and diarrhea.
•May cause brain damage with paralysis and blindness.

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Classification
& Labeling

Source:
European Union

•Known to trigger asthma
•Banned or restricted for use in cosmetics by the FDA
•Also listed as: HEXACHLOROPHENE.

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Sources/Uses

Source:
Haz-Map
hazmap.nlm.nih.gov

Used as an antibacterial agent, disinfectant, fungicide, and acaricide

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Symptoms

Source:
CDC
(Center for Disease Control)
cdc.gov/niosh

• SKIN: MAY BE ABSORBED! See Ingestion.

• EYES: Photophobia.

• INGESTION: Fever. Tremors. Absence of light reflex. Abdominal cramps. Convulsions. Diarrhea. Drowsiness. Nausea. Shock or collapse. Vomiting. Weakness.

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