Survey of Chemical Substances in Consumer Products, No. 82 2007 – Survey and health assessment of selected respiratory sensitizers in consumer products

Survey and health assessment of selected respiratory sensitizers in consumer products

1 Methods

For the phase 1 survey the occurrence of the five substances has been searched in the sources given below.

Data on the use of the five respiratory sensitizers have been collected in SPIN – database on substances in preparations in Nordic countries.

The INCI list (International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients) has been searched for occurrence of the five substances.

In addition, data have been retrieved from earlier projects on consumer products published on the web page of the Danish Environmental Protection Agency.

The following trade associations and retail stores have been requested to provide available data on the use of some or all of the five substances:

Plastindustrien i Danmark

Danmark Farve- og Lakindustri

COOP Danmark

Dansk Supermarked

Association of Danish Cosmetic, Toiletries, Soap and Detergent Industries (SPT)

Glutaraldehyde has been searched on the Internet via Google using the search words ”disinfection” and ”glutaraldehyde”.

In the database PubMed, additional searches have been made for cases of respiratory sensitization due to any of the five substances in consumer products.

After having established the type of consumer products most likely containing the five substances, products have been searched and sampled by personal purchase in retail outlets, both physically and on the Internet.

The purchased products were delivered to the National Environmental Research Institute for emission analysis.