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EPA Updates Safer Chemical Ingredients List with Addition of 18 New Chemicals
On 21 July 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the addition of 18 chemicals to the Safer Chemical Ingredients List (SCIL), advancing Administrator Zeldin’s commitment to transparency, innovation, and safer chemistry.
Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), new chemicals cannot enter the U.S. market without EPA approvement. This can slow the introduction of innovative chemistries and result in older substances remaining in use longer. Expanding SCIL helps address this by identifying existing chemicals that meet Safer Choice criteria, offering manufacturers and consumers clearer access to safer alternatives.
SCIL Additions Offer Safer Alternatives
Adding existing chemicals to the Safer Chemical Ingredients List (SCIL) supports consumers, businesses, and buyers in choosing chemicals that are among the safest for their intended uses. It also helps manufacturers identify safer substitutions that meet the Safer Choice program’s criteria
Newly Added Chemicals to SCIL
| Sr.no. | CAS | List Name | TSCA Chemical Name |
| 1 | 13945-76-1 | Lauryl laurate | Dodecanoic acid, dodecyl ester |
| 2 | 67762-27-0 | Cetearyl alcohol | Alcohols, C16-18 |
| 3 | 13257-34-6 | Sodium arachidate | Eicosanoic, sodium salt (1:1) |
| 4 | 71-23-8 | Propyl alcohol | 1-Propanol |
| 5 | 29806-73-3 | 2-Ethylhexyl palmitate | Hexadecanoic acid, 2-ethylhexyl ester |
| 6 | 123-99-9 | Azelaic acid | Nonanedioic acid |
| 7 | 9067-32-7 | Sodium hyaluronate | Hyaluronic acid, sodium salt |
| 8 | 68648-59-9 | Siloxanes and Silicones, di-Me, di-Ph, polymers with Ph silsesquioxanes | Siloxanes and Silicones, di-Me, di-Ph, polymers with Ph silsesquioxanes |
| 9 | 68915-31-1 | Sodium polyphosphates | Polyphosphoric acids, sodium salts |
| 10 | 110-30-5 | N,N'-Ethylenebis(stearamide) | Octadecanamide, N,N'-1,2-ethanediylbis- |
| 11 | 1592-23-0 | Calcium stearate | Octadecanoic acid, calcium salt (2:1) |
| 12 | 26658-19-5 | Sorbitan tristearate | Sorbitan, trioctadecanoate |
| 13 | 595585-15-2 | D-Glucurono-D-gluco-6-deoxy-L-mannan, acetate, calcium magnesium potassium sodium salt | D-Glucurono-D-gluco-6-deoxy-L-mannan, acetate, calcium magnesium potassium sodium salt |
| 14 | 8013-07-8 | Epoxidized soybean oil (ESBO) | Soybean oil, epoxidized |
| 15 | 61791-00-2 | Ethoxylated tall oil fatty acids | Fatty acids, tall-oil, ethoxylated |
| 16 | 141-97-9 | Ethyl acetoacetate | Butanoic acid, 3-oxo-, ethyl ester |
| 17 | 93334-37-3 | Oils, palm, stearins, hydrogenated | Palm oil, stearins, hydrogenated |
| 18 | 68514-74-9 | Hydrogenated palm oil | Palm oil, hydrogenated |
For additional background and information about a previous update and more information on Safer Chemical Ingredients List (SCIL), please refer to the EPA Updates Safer Chemical Ingredients List with Addition of 27 New Chemicals.
We acknowledge that the above information has been compiled from US EPA.
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