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Solvent

PERFLUORODIMETHYLCYCLOHEXANE

CAS 335-27-3
20

Safety score · 0–100

Caution

Derived from EU CosIng regulatory status, PubChem hazard data and published research. How we score.

A perfluorinated cyclohexane PFAS used in some specialty cosmetics. EU is moving to ban PFAS as a class due to forever-chemical environmental persistence.

Skin benefits

  • Specialty solvent and oxygen carrier
  • Inert at point of application

Known concerns

  • PFAS — EU REACH universal PFAS restriction proposal (2023)
  • Extreme environmental persistence (forever chemical)
  • Bioaccumulation concerns
  • Likely phase-out from cosmetics

References

EU

EU CosIng database

European Commission cosmetic ingredient registry: regulatory status, restrictions, authorised functions.

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