Aluminum Magnesium Silicate

The Basics On Aluminum Magnesium Silicate

What is Aluminum Magnesium Silicate?

Salt that has absorbent properties.

What are other names for Aluminum Magnesium Silicate?

ALUMINIUM MAGNESIUM SILICATE(2:1:2), ALUMINUM MAGNESIUM SALT SILICIC ACID, ALUMINUM MAGNESIUM SILICATE, ALUMINUM MAGNESIUM SILICON OXIDE, MAGNESIUM ALUMINUM SILICATE, SILICIC ACID, ALUMINUM MAGNESIUM SALT, and VEEGUM

What is Aluminum Magnesium Silicate used for?

Magnesium Aluminum Silicate is a naturally occurring mineral derived from refined and purified clay that is used primarily as a thickener in cosmetics and beauty products. It is naturally of a flaky, white consistency and is used most often as a filler in deodorants, shaving creams and thick lotions

How Aluminum Magnesium Silicate is classified

Absorbent

Recommendations for using Aluminum Magnesium Silicate during pregnancy and breastfeeding

Limited data suggests no known risk

 

Aluminum Magnesium Silicate During Pregnancy

What we know about using Aluminum Magnesium Silicate while pregnant or breastfeeding

Limited information available.

Calcium Silicate (250 to 1600 mg/kg) had no discernible effect on nidation or on maternal or fetal survival in rabbits.1 Magnesium Aluminum Silicate (6000 mg/kg) had neither a teratogenic nor adverse effects on the mouse fetus. Female rats receiving 20% Kaolin diet exhibited maternal anemia but no significant reduction in birth weight of the pups was recorded. Type A Zeolite produced no adverse effects on the dam, embryo, or feuts in either rats or rabbits at any dose level (74 or 1600 mg/kg). Clinoptilolite had no effect on female rat reproductive performance. Rats given Sodium Silicate (600 and 1200 ppm of added silica0 in the drinking water in reproductive studies produced a reduced number of offspring; to 67% of controls at 600 ppm and to 80% of controls at 1200 ppm.2 Three adult rats injected intratesticularly and subcutaneously with 0.8 mM/kg of Sodium Silicate showed no morphological changes in the testes and no effect on the residual spermatozoa in the ductus deferens. No reproductive or teratological effects were observed following the oral administration of Silica in rabbits at 1600 mg/kg/d, hamsters at 1600 mg/kg/d, mice 1340 mg/kg/d, and rats up to 1350 mg/kg/d.7 An oral NOEL of 500 mg/kg/d was reported for rats; an oral NOAEL of 1350 mg/kg/d was also reported.

General safety info about Aluminum Magnesium Silicate from CIR

This is a safety assessment of silica and the related cosmetic ingredients: alumina magnesium metasilicate, aluminum calcium sodium silicate, aluminum iron silicates, hydrated silica, and sodium potassium aluminum silicate. These ingredients are synthetic amorphous silicas and silicates; crystalline silica is not a cosmetic ingredient and is not used in cosmetics. These ingredients are used as bulking agents and for various other functions. The human and animal safety data relevant to the cosmetic use of these ingredients were assessed by the Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) Expert Panel. The Panel concluded that these ingredients are safe as cosmetic ingredients in the practices of use and concentrations as described in this safety assessment when formulated to be non-respirable.

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Products where you might find Aluminum Magnesium Silicate

REN Clean Skincare Atlantic Kelp and Magnesium Anti-Fatigue Body Cream; The Nue Co. Magnesium Ease; REN Clean Skincare Atlantic Kelp a; REN Clean Skincare Atlantic Kelp and Magnesium Anti-Fatigue Body Wash – 100% Recycled Plastic; REN Clean Skincare Atlantic Kelp and Magnesium Salt Anti-Fatigue Exfoliating Body Scrub; online only REN Clean Skincare Atlantic Kelp and Microalgae Anti-Fatigue Toning Body Oi