Chemical
Banned and restricted chemicals found in flagged products
The chemicals that official alerts and recalls name in the authority's risk description: substances banned in cosmetics such as TPO in gel nails and lilial in perfume, and heavy metals and plasticisers above the legal limit in toys, jewellery and electronics. One alert can name several. Each page gives the alerts by year, the products and platforms involved, the law the alerts cite and every alert.
- Lilial (BMHCA)4,207
- Phthalates1,573
- Lead1,465
- Cadmium881
- Short-chain chlorinated paraffins332
- Nickel285
- Boron254
- TPO (gel nail photoinitiator)242
- HICC (Lyral)145
- Chromium (VI)142
- Hydroquinone110
- Nitrosamines101
- Methylisothiazolinone (MIT/MCI)96
- Mercury72
- PAHs63
- PFAS / PFOA54
- Formaldehyde46
- Methanol34
- Bisphenol A29
- Azo dyes23