Ethyl Tosylamide

What Is It?

Ethyl Tosylamide is a highly viscous, amber liquid used primarily as plasticizerMaterials that soften synthetic polymers by reducing brittleness and cracking. and film formerIngredients that dry to form a thin coating on the skin, hair or nails. in coatings like nail polish. Ethyl Tosylamide also as acts as a secondary film former.

Why Is It Used?

Ethyl Tosylamide is used in low concentrations, primarily as a plasticizer. It imparts flexibility and durability to synthetic polymers such as those used in nail polish. Ethyl Tosylamide also increases the durability and improves wear of nail polish products and certain nail treatments and dries to help form a film coating that holds color to the nail plate. Ethyl Tosylamide also indirectly helps improve adhesion to the nail plate.

Scientific Facts

Ethyl Tosylamide is a mixture of isomers of toluene bound to ethanesulfonamide

Safety Information

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) includes ethyl toluene sulfonamide (Ethyl Tosylamide) on its list of indirect food additives. It may be used in adhesives and in resinous and polymeric coatings.

In a test by the National ToxicologyToxicology is the study of the adverse effects of chemical and physical agents on living organisms. Program (NTP), Ethyl Tosylamide tested negative in a mutagenicity study in bacteria. http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/index.cfm?objectid=BD2BAAF5-123F-7908-7B7883F77…

FDA: Link to Code of Federal Regulations for ethyl-p-toluene sulfonamide (Ethyl Tosylamide)

In Europe, Ethyl Tosylamide is considered to be a sulfonamide, and based on the prohibition of sulfonamides in cosmetics it may not be used in cosmetics and personal care products marketed in Europe.

Link to the EU Cosmetic Regulation: http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/consumers/product_labelling_and_packaging/co0013_en.htm

Resources

Find out more about the regulation of Food Additives by the Food and Drug Administration

Food Ingredients and Packaging: http://www.fda.gov/Food/IngredientsPackagingLabeling/default.htm

Food Contact Substances: http://www.fda.gov/Food/IngredientsPackagingLabeling/PackagingFCS/default.htm

Substances Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS“GRAS” is an acronym for the phrase Generally Recognized As Safe. Under sections 201(s) and 409 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act), any substance that is intentionally added to food is a food additive, that is subject to premarket review and approval by FDA, unless the substance is generally recognized, among qualified experts, as having been adequately shown to be safe under the conditions of its intended use, or unless the use of the substance is otherwise excluded from the definition of a food additive.): http://www.fda.gov/Food/IngredientsPackagingLabeling/GRAS/default.htm

Search the Code of Federal Regulations http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/cfrsearch.cfm

EU Cosmetics Inventory http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/cosmetics/cosing/