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Survey of liquid hand soaps, including health and environmental assessments

Contents

Preface

Summary and conclusions

1 Introduction

2 Purpose

3 Allergens in cosmetics

4 Survey

• 4.1 Definition of products in the survey
• 4.2 The survey
  • 4.2.1 Products on the retail market
  • 4.2.2 Products for occupational use
• 4.3 Ingredients and product labelling
  • 4.3.1 Labelling requirements
  • 4.3.2 Registration of products in the survey
  • 4.3.3 Fragrance chemicals, preservatives and surfactants in the products
  • 4.3.4 Comparison of retail products and products for occupational use
  • 4.3.5 Products in IMS' market screening

5 Chemical analyses

• 5.1 Selection of products for chemical analysis
• 5.2 Analytical methods
  • 5.2.1 Methyl eugenol and Methyldibromoglutaronitril
  • 5.2.2 Fragrance chemicals
• 5.3 Results
  • 5.3.1 Methyl eugenol
  • 5.3.2 Methyldibromoglutaronitril
  • 5.3.3 Fragrance chemicals
• 5.4 Summary of analytical results
  • 5.4.1 Methyl eugenol
  • 5.4.2 Methyldibromoglutaronitril
  • 5.4.3 Fragrance chemicals
• 5.5 Agreement between analytical results and list of ingredients/safety data sheets

6 Health assessment

• 6.1 Selection of substances for health assessment
• 6.2 Hexylcinnamaldehyde
• 6.3 Lilial
• 6.4 Amylcinnamall
• 6.5 Coumarin
• 6.6 α-Isomethylionon
• 6.7 Lyral

7 User exposure

• 7.1 Exposure assessment
  • 7.1.1 Used amounts of liquid hand soaps
  • 7.1.2 Exposure scenarios
• 7.2 Safety assessment of selected substances
  • 7.2.1 D-limonen
  • 7.2.2 Other fragrance allergens
  • 7.2.3 Conclusion of safety assessment

8 Environmental assessment

• 8.1 Selection of substances
  • 8.1.1 Surfactants
  • 8.1.2 Preservatives
  • 8.1.3 Environmental assessment of selected substances
• 8.2 Environmental profiles of the selected substances
  • 8.2.1 Sodium laureth sulfate
  • 8.2.2 Cocamidopropyl betain
  • 8.2.3 Cocamide DEA/Cocamide MEA
  • 8.2.4 Methylchloroisothiazolinone/Methylisothiazolinone (Kathon)
  • 8.2.5 DMDM Hydantoin
  • 8.2.6 2-Bromo-2-Nitropropane-1,3-Diol (Bronopol)

9 Effects in the aquatic environment

• 9.1 Selected substances for simulation of effects in the aquatic environment
• 9.2 The fate of chemical substances in liquid hand soaps
• 9.3 Total estimated use of chemical substances in the products
• 9.4 Estimate of Predicted Environmental Concentration (PEC) and Predicted No Effect Concentration (PNEC)
• 9.5 Estimate of risk quotients
• 9.6 Exposure scenario: Lillebælt
• 9.7 Summary, effects in the aquatic environment

10 Summary and conclusion

11 References

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