- Type
- Preservative
- How serious
- Low severity
- Evidence
- Moderate evidence
Why it is flagged
Weakly oestrogenic in laboratory assays. Regulators consider current cosmetic levels acceptable, but exposure adds up across products.
Health topics it bears on
Sources
- Parabens Group - information sheet Health Canada, 2023
- Draft screening assessment - Parabens group Environment and Climate Change Canada and Health Canada, 2020
- Opinion on Parabens - Updated request for a scientific opinion on propyl- and butylparaben (SCCS/1514/13) Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety, 2013
- Concentrations of parabens in human breast tumours Journal of Applied Toxicology (Darbre et al.), 2004
Also listed as
methyl paraben, methyl 4-hydroxybenzoate, méthylparabène, metilparabeno, metilparabene, e218, methyl parahydroxybenzoate, methyl p hydroxybenzoate, sodium methylparaben, potassium methylparaben, methylparaben sodium, methylparaben potassium, e219, sodium methyl parahydroxybenzoate, sodium methyl p hydroxybenzoate, sodium methyl 4-hydroxybenzoate, metyloparaben, methyl-4-hydroxybenzoat, parahydroxybenzoate de methyle, parahidroxibenzoato de metilo, p-idrossibenzoato di metile