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Formaldehyde-releasers in cosmetics in the USA and in Europe.
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Contact dermatitis [Contact Dermatitis] 2010 Apr; Vol. 62 (4), pp. 221-4. Date of Electronic Publication: 2010 Mar 03. - Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- Background: Frequencies of sensitization to formaldehyde among US patients patch tested for suspected contact dermatitis are higher than in Europe. Cosmetics are an important source of contact with formaldehyde.<br />Objectives: To acquire data on the frequency of use of formaldehyde-releasers in cosmetics sold in the USA and Europe and their use concentrations. To assess whether any observed differences may contribute to the discrepancies in sensitization rates.<br />Methods: Enquiries with Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the European Cosmetics Association, and the Dutch Cosmetics Association. Reading the labels of skin care cosmetics in a local drugstore.<br />Results: The FDA provided data on the presence of formaldehyde and releasers. Nearly one fifth of all cosmetics contain a releaser. In 25% of 496 examined skin care products, releasers were present. In comparable FDA data categories, the percentage was 24. No data were found on use concentrations of the releasers in cosmetics in either the USA or Europe.<br />Conclusions: The percentages of stay-on skin care products containing a formaldehyde-releaser are virtually identical in the USA (FDA data) and our local drugstore sample. However, this does not necessarily imply that cosmetics play no part in the differences in formaldehyde sensitization rates.
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- Dioxanes adverse effects
Europe epidemiology
Humans
Hydantoins adverse effects
Methanol adverse effects
Methanol analogs & derivatives
Methenamine adverse effects
Methenamine analogs & derivatives
Methyl Ethers adverse effects
Prevalence
Propylene Glycols adverse effects
United States epidemiology
Urea adverse effects
Urea analogs & derivatives
Cosmetics adverse effects
Cosmetics chemistry
Dermatitis, Allergic Contact epidemiology
Dermatitis, Allergic Contact etiology
Formaldehyde adverse effects
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1600-0536
- Volume :
- 62
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Contact dermatitis
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 20236159
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0536.2009.01623.x