Foreword

Development of an analysis method to determine peroxides in or released from tooth-whitening/dental-bleaching products.

The project "Development of an analysis method to determine peroxides in or released from tooth-whitening/dental-bleaching products" was carried out in the period 1 December 2006 to 31 December 2007.

This report is a description of the results of the project.

The purpose of the project was to develop a new analysis method for determining the peroxide content in tooth-whitening products.

The project was conducted by the National Environmental Research Institute (NERI), University of Aarhus, Department of Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology. The project representatives from NERI were Svend J. Binnerup and Niels Kroer. Members of the project group also included Suresh C. Rastogi and Margit M. Fernqvist.

Margit M. Fernqvist was responsible for laboratory analyses.

The following monitoring group was linked to the project:

Dorrit Skals, Danish EPA (chairman)
Elisabeth Paludan, Danish EPA
Flemming Hovgaard Jørgensen, Danish EPA
Magnus Løfstedt, Danish EPA.