EU SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEES BRAND COSMETICS TOXICITY ASSESSMENTS FLAWED
December 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE USEFULNESS of the statistical measure 'threshold of toxicological concern' to assess potential health dangers posed by cosmetics has been challenged by three European Union (EU) scientific committees. Its Achilles heel, they said, is that checks are "dependent on the quality, quantity, and relevance of the underlying toxicity database and a reliable estimation of the exposure to the chemical in the respective field of application". And as "limited knowledge exists" for consumer products, because of their diversity and ...
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