21 Nov 2023 --- European regulatory watchdog agencies are building up a science-backed case to ban the use of octocrylene, a widely-used skin care and sunblock ingredient. Currently flagged as a potential endocrine disruptor, it is under heightened scrutiny by the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), which may see octocrylene lifted from local commercial products soon. Octocrylene is also known as octocrilene, 2-ethylhexyl 2-cyano-3 and 3-diphenylacrylate. The ingredient is particularly suitable for water-resistant formulations, making it ideal in sunscreen formulas, as it is hydrophobic and miscible with many emollients.
