Position papers
Status of Synthetic Amorphous Silica (SAS) according to the ISO standard 16128 - Guidelines on technical definitions and criteria for natural and organic cosmetic ingredients and products, version September 2020
ASASP response to the Corrigendum Opinion of the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) on silica in cosmetics with regard to solubility, version February 2020n March 202
Current interpretation as a nanomaterial, version September 2018
Publications of interest
Study demonstrates worker safety at Synthetic Amorphous Silica (SAS) Production Plants – April 2016
The safety of nanostructured synthetic amorphous silica (SAS) as a food additive (E551) - Claudia Fruijtier-Pölloth, CATS Consultants GmbH, Arch Toxicol (2016) 90: 2885. doi:10.1007/s00204-016-1850-4
The toxicological mode of action and the safety of synthetic amorphous silica — A nanostructured material. Claudia Fruijtier-Pölloth, CATS Consultants GmbH, Toxicology. 2012 Apr 11;294(2-3):61-79. doi: 10.1016/j.tox.2012.02.001. Epub 2012 Feb 13
JACC Report 51, ECETOC, 2006. European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals. Synthetic Amorphous Silica (CAS No. 7631-86-9). JACC No. 51. Brussels, 237 pp
Cefic factsheet on SAS, September 2012