CIR Experts Close Book (For Now) On Parabens: Safe Individually Or At Sum Concentration Of ≤0.8%

NGO Women’s Voices for the Earth supports the 0.8% limit on total parabens content adopted by the Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel at its 16-17 September meeting. WVE remains concerned, however, about certain assumptions made by the panel in the lengthy re-review process that led to its final amended report.

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The Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel issued a final amended report 17 September for 20 parabens, determining them safe as currently used when the sum of paraben concentrations in a final formulation does not exceed 0.8%.

The limit on total parabens content represents a departure from previous CIR panel assessments, which have repeatedly found groups of...

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