Barium Sulfate

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) includes Barium Sulfate on its list of indirect food additives. It is permited as component of adhesives and as a colorant in polymers having contact with food.The International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) has developed a health and safety guide on Barium in which it concluded that Barium, at concentrations normally found in the environment, does not pose any significant risk for the general population. http://www.inchem.org/documents/hsg/hsg/hsg046.htm#PartNumbe...3

Link to FDA Code of Federal Regulations for Barium Sulfate
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRS...
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRS...

Barium Sulfate is listed as CI 77120 in the Cosmetics Directive of the European Union and may be used as a coloring agent in all cosmetics and personal care products (see Annex IV). When used as a colorant in cosmetics and personal care products in Europe, this ingredient must be called CI 77120.
Link to the EU Cosmetics Directive:
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/cosmetics/html/consolidated_d...

Health Canada permits the use of Barium salts in cosmetics and personal care products only in the form of Barium Sulfate when used as a coloring agent or as a lake for preparation of other coloring agents and barium sulfide.
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/person/cosmet/hotlist-liste_e...