While CosmeticsDesign is attending trade shows this week, revisit these popular articles on CosmeticsDesign about regulation and safety testing of cosmetics and beauty products.
Many CBD products are not actually legal under FDA regulation, but they are sweeping the US market anyways. CosmeticsDesign spoke with lawyer Tommy Tobin, associate at Perkins Coie LLP, about where CBD stands legally in the US.
The class of chemicals which bring us non-stick pans, PFAS, is prevalent across industries, including cosmetics, but regulation and litigation over safety concerns are increasing.
PFAS can be used in cosmetics to make products long-wear, more easily spreadable, more absorbent on the skin and to give the appearance of smoothness or shimmer, according to scientific reviews of the chemical class.
The Interagency Working Group on Asbestos in Consumer Products said multiple types of testing should be used to catch as much of the contaminant in talc as possible.
The IWGACP published its white paper on standardizing asbestos testing in cosmetic talc, and among many conclusions stated both optical and electron microscopy to catch as much of the contaminant as possible.
Last year saw a rash of personal care product recalls. CosmeticsDesign discussed the connection between the recalls and what to learn from them with Harpreet Sareen, Manager, Quality and Regulatory Consulting at Eurofins.
To accurately test marine toxicity of sunscreens, tests should become more thorough biologically and in what’s being tested, according to a new study.
A research team out of Spain, González et al, recently published an article in Cosmetics “evaluating and quantifying the toxicity on marine plankton of eight commercial sunscreens” on three types of marine plankton.
