Survey of chemical substances in consumer products, 65 – Survey of chemical substances in kohl and henna products

Survey of chemical substances in kohl and henna products

Preface

This report on survey of chemical substances in kohl and henna products is a project in the programme ”Survey of chemical substances in consumer products” performed by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency.

The purpose of a survey of chemical substances in kohl and henna products is to monitor which undesirable chemical substances that may be contained in kohl and henna products besides the declared substances and to which the consumer may be exposed.

The project is performed by the Danish Technological Institute, Chemistry and Water Technology.

Performing persons are:

Nils Bernth	Project manager
Steen Færgemann Hansen	Chemical analysis of inorganic chemicals
Eva Pedersen,	Chemical analysis of organic chemicals
Torben Eggert	Survey and sampling
Ole Christian Hansen	Survey and reporting

The project is followed by a steering committee of following persons:

Annette Orloff, Danish Environmental Protection Agency
Nils Bernth, Danish Technological Institute
Ole Christian Hansen, Danish Technological Institute

The project has been divided into three phases. After each phase an interim report was prepared. In co-operation with the Danish Environmental Protection Agency the interim reports were used to select products for the following phase. The interim reports are included in the final report.

Phase 1
In phase 1, a survey of products on the market was performed and a suitable selection of the most common products were purchased.

Phase 2
In phase 2, chemical analyses (screening) of inorganic substances in kohl products and of both inorganic and organic chemical substances in henna products were performed.

Phase 3
Phase 3 consisted of quantitative analyses and report preparation.

The Chemical Inspection Service has dealt with violations, and illegal products are no longer on the market.