Request for a scientific opinion: Phthalates in Cosmetics

In February 2005 Greenpeace released An Investigation of Chemicals in Perfumes. In the investigation inter alia the presence of 10 different phthalates were examined. Phthalates were found in 35 out of 36 investigated perfumes...The Greenpeace investigation raises a general health and environmental concern about chemicals in perfumes, points out limits in the existing legislation against e.g. endocrine disruptors and states that, “traditional narrow risk assessment techniques are unlikely to provide adequate protection”. For all details click on the link below.

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