Chemical Family Sorted by lowest NOAEL first

Preservatives NOAEL Comparison

This page compares public raw NOAEL endpoint rows for Phenoxyethanol, Methylisothiazolinone, Benzisothiazolinone, Chlorphenesin, Sodium Benzoate. Values are pulled from noael_studies_public with NOAEL endpoint, mg/kg-family unit, and non-threshold qualifier filters.

Substances
5
With NOAEL Rows
4
Unique Sources
6
Lowest Indexed NOAEL
0.018 mg/kg bw/d
Benzisothiazolinone

Source Agreement Highlights

Benzisothiazolinone Wide disagreement
Highest indexed NOAEL is 228,611.1111x the lowest.
SCCS Opinion, ECHA, SCCNFP Opinion
Sodium Benzoate Wide disagreement
Highest indexed NOAEL is 1,201.3889x the lowest.
WHO/JECFA, COSMOS DB, ECHA
Methylisothiazolinone Wide disagreement
Highest indexed NOAEL is 4.98x the lowest.
CIR Safety Assessment, SCCNFP Opinion, ECHA
Substance CAS Lowest NOAEL Highest NOAEL # Studies EU Status Sources
Benzisothiazolinone 2634-33-5 0.018 mg/kg bw/d 4,115 mg/kg bw 29 restricted; max Permitted in rinse-off cosmetics; restricted or banned in leave-on products
SCCS Opinion, ECHA, SCCNFP Opinion
Wide disagreement
Phenoxyethanol 122-99-6 2 mg/kg 1,000 mg/kg bw/day 44 restricted; max 1.0%
SCCS Opinion
Single source
Sodium Benzoate 532-32-1 3.6 mg/kg bw/day 4,325 mg/kg bw/day 32 restricted; max 0.5% as benzoic acid equivalent
WHO/JECFA, COSMOS DB, ECHA
Wide disagreement
Methylisothiazolinone 2682-20-4 10 mg/kg/d 49.8 mg/kg bw/d 34 restricted; max 0.0015% in rinse-off cosmetics only; banned in all leave-on cosmetics
CIR Safety Assessment, SCCNFP Opinion, ECHA
Wide disagreement
Chlorphenesin 104-29-0 - - 0 restricted; max 0.3% -
No NOAEL rows

Ingredient Records