Preface

Development of an analysis method for quantification of colophonium components in cosmetic products

The project has been performed by Göteborg University (GU), Stockholm University (SU) and National Environmental Research Institute (NERI) at Aarhus University. NERI has been responsible for project organization and reporting.

The literature survey of published methods for analysis of colophonium was performed by Ann-Theresa Karlberg, GU, and Ulrika Nilsson, SU.

The development of an analytical method for the analysis of colophonium in cosmetic products was performed by Ulrika Nilsson and Naghmeh Berglund, SU.

The method validation was performed by Pia Lassen and Gitte Hellerup Jensen, NERI.

The project has been performed for the Danish Environmental Protection Agency (the Danish EPA) under the scheme of Development of analytical methods for cosmetics.

The contact person at the Danish EPA was Dorrit Skals.

The project started in January 2007 and was finalized in December 2007.