What do the Clean, Low, Watch and Swap levels mean?

They are cut from a continuous concern level the app computes from the sourced claims that the chosen evidence lens shows: each claim counts its concern class, tier weight, confidence and dose relevance, combined worst-first with a decay so one serious finding outweighs many small ones, then scaled by how much of the substance reaches you in this use. Clean is below 0.35, Low below 1.1, Watch below 2.0 and Swap above that, on a 0 to 3 scale.

Is Uv Stabilizers safe in other uses?

Q: Is uv stabilizers safe in other uses?

Under the app's default Cautious lens, uv stabilizers in other uses rates Watch: worth watching; the app would list a cleaner alternative type. 2 sourced concerns count (endocrine, consensus tier; environmental, emerging tier). This is research with sources, not medical advice.

1 use researched2 sourced claims

Detox My Life researched uv stabilizers under one use, because the same substance means something different in each use. Every claim below carries its evidence tier, how sure the research is that it applies here, and the sources it cites. The level is computed by the app's own deterministic engine, so the page says exactly what the app would.

Level by use and lens

Use	Mainstream	Cautious (default)	Based	Concerns · favour · fringe
Other uses	Watch	Watch	Watch	2 · 0

Mainstream shows consensus claims only; Cautious adds emerging research; Based adds fringe claims, labelled as such. The last column counts, under Cautious, the sourced concerns, the findings in its favour and the fringe claims Based would add.

Safer swaps: the app's swap catalog has no entry tied to this ingredient yet. When you scan a product that contains it, the app suggests cleaner alternative types for that product; the swap categories list what the catalog covers today.

Other uses Watch

Under the default Cautious lens uv stabilizers in other uses rates Watch: worth watching; the app would list a cleaner alternative type. Mainstream (consensus only) rates it Watch; Based (adds the fringe) rates it Watch. Researched 2026-09-04.

Sourced concerns (2)

ConsensusEndocrineconfidence 90%

Certain benzophenone UV stabilizers, such as benzophenone-3 (BP-3), are classified as endocrine disruptors for human health and the environment. Other benzophenone derivatives like BP-1, BP-2, and BP-4 also exhibit endocrine-disrupting properties.

Why here: These compounds are used as UV stabilizers in various products, including plastics and textiles, from which they can leach into the environment and be absorbed by humans through dermal contact or other exposure routes.
What would have to be true: Exposure occurs through dermal absorption from personal care products, and leaching from plastics and textiles into the environment, leading to detection in human urine and aquatic environments.

Sources the engine cites:

EU's decade-long evaluation confirms endocrine disruption risk from UV filter — personalcareinsights.com (2025) · regulator or public body
A review of sources, pathways, and toxic effects of human exposure to benzophenone ultraviolet light filters - PMC — nih.gov (2023) · regulator or public body
1 web article (damiva.com), linked in the app.

EmergingEnvironmentalconfidence 80%

Benzotriazole UV stabilizers (BUVSs), such as UV-328, are persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and have been linked to endocrine-disrupting effects, liver damage, and kidney damage. They can leach from plastic products into the environment.

Why here: BUVSs are commonly incorporated into plastic products as UV stabilizers, but they are not covalently bound and can slowly leach out, becoming environmental contaminants and leading to exposure.
What would have to be true: Leaching from plastic products, including food contact materials, into water and soil, leading to accumulation in aquatic environments and organisms.

Sources the engine cites:

Equilibrium leaching of selected ultraviolet stabilizers from plastic products - PubMed — nih.gov (2021) · regulator or public body
Greener additives used in plastics and wood — nih.gov (2023) · regulator or public body
Contamination of ultraviolet absorbers in food: toxicity, analytical methods, occurrence and risk assessments - PMC — nih.gov (2022) · regulator or public body
3 web articles (patsnap.com, foodpackagingforum.org, …), linked in the app.

Not researched here

The engine has no dossier for uv stabilizers when cooked with heat, in cold food, as a finishing ingredient, in heated food packaging or other uses. The app researches an ingredient for the use it infers from your product, so a scan fills these in; this page only shows what has already been researched and source-verified.

This is research, not medical advice. Detox My Life shows sourced claims sorted by evidence tier. It does not diagnose, treat, or tell you to start or stop anything. Talk to a qualified professional about your health.

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