Ingredients:News

REACH restriction on Octocrylene: ECHA SEAC final Opinion

At its meeting on September 15–16, 2026, ECHA’s SEAC (Committee for Socio-Economic Analysis) adopted its final opinion on the proposal to restrict octocrylene, submitted by France.

Measuring benzene in sunscreens: the Australian TGA shares its method

The TGA (Therapeutic Goods Administration), which regulates cosmetic products in Australia, made available its analytical method for detecting and quantifying benzene residues in suncare products. Professionals are encouraged to use it as part of their routine quality control procedures.

Beauty goes green, but can you prove it? New rules on environmental claims take effect

The European Union initiated a set of legislative acts aimed at improving consumer protection and ensuring reliability sustainability-related declarations.

Rosin and its derivatives, propylparaben, and spearmint essential oil: ECHA’s RAC adopts its opinions

ECHA (the European Chemicals Agency) has just published the minutes of the 78th meeting of its RAC (Risk Assessment Committee), which took place in early September 2026. Opinions on several cosmetic ingredients were adopted, resulting in four classifications as reprotoxic and one as an environmental endocrine disruptor.

Consultation in Australia on 4-MBC

On 11 September 2026, the TGA (Therapeutic Goods Administration), which regulates cosmetic products in Australia, launched a one-month consultation on the conditions of use for the UV filter 4-MBC (4-Methylbenzylidene Camphor).

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Palm oil: no longer in the Nature & Progrès certified cosmetics

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The Nature & Progrès association has just released an up-dated version of its specifications for the bio-ecological cosmetics it approves. Validat...

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Nano-zinc toxicity toward aquatic environment

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Nano-zinc is, again and again, questioned. It is the topic of studies to evaluate its toxicity to the human race or to the environment. The one displa...

Friday, April 12, 2013

SCCS: Soon-to-be-released opinions on two new preservatives

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One is a new concept, included in the packaging to be released in the cosmetic products it contains. The second one is an antibacterial substance, for...

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Aluminium: an excessive exposure via cosmetics

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Another incriminatory document against aluminium in cosmetics. After a recent report by the Norwegian Scientific Committee VKM, using them daily, espe...

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

REACH: 62 new substances to be evaluated

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The first annual update of the Community rolling action plan (CoRAP) is now available. It contains 115 substances to be evaluated, of which 62 are new...

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

SCCS' Memorandum on hair dye chemical sensitization

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While performing an overall work of toxicological assessment of hair dyes safety, the SCCS has released this memorandum on their sensitizing potential...

Monday, March 18, 2013

ZinClear: confirmed as a nano

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Since July 2012, the suspicion was high. Now, it is confirmed that ZinClear IM 50CCT, a zinc oxide-based sunscreen distributed by the Australian compa...

Friday, March 15, 2013

Two studies on nano-zinc

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One of them is to be classified in the exculpatory file, while the other will support the incriminatory documents: nano-zinc is, again, questioned. Th...

Monday, March 11, 2013

Lily and its radiant whiteness

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It is more and more often seen, the whiteness of its petals displayed on the labels of cosmetics, providing our skins with the active ingredients of t...

Thursday, March 7, 2013

UV Filters: two requests for SCCS Opinion

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One is suspected by France to act as an endocrine disruptor, the other is used as a nanomaterial: 3-benzylidene-camphor and Methylene bis-benzotriazol...

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Nanomaterials and cosmetics: risks and opportunities

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Obviously, nowadays, nanos are questioned: definition, notification, specific French declaration, safety, how consumers will understand the mandatory ...

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

SCCS: Opinion on Ethoxydiglycol

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It has been adopted during the 18th plenary meeting, on 26 February, 2013, and is open for comments until April 5, 2013. The SCCS has just released a ...