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Survey and risk assessment of chemical substances in deodorants

Contents

Sammenfatning

Summary

1 Introduction

2 Market survey and product sampling

• 2.1 Market survey
• 2.2 Legislation
• 2.3 Sampling of products and control of labelling
• 2.4 Selection of products for analysis

3 Analysis

• 3.1 Materials
• 3.2 Analysis
  • 3.2.1 Sample preparation
  • 3.2.2 Analysis of fragrance substances
  • 3.2.3 Analysis of triclosan

4 Results

5 Risk assessment

• 5.1 Deodorants and contact allergy
• 5.2 Risk assessment – in general
• 5.3 The selected fragrance substances
  • 5.3.1 Hydoxyisohexyl 3-cyclohexene carboxaldehyde (HICC)
  • 5.3.2 Hydroxycitronellal
  • 5.3.3 Isoeugenol
  • 5.3.4 Cinnamal/cinnamyl alcohol
• 5.4 Farnesol
• 5.5 Comments concerning other fragrance substances
• 5.6 Allergen load of fragrance substances
• 5.7 Triclosan

6 Discussion

7 References

Annex 1

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