Ingredients:News

France is consulting on its priorities regarding endocrine disruptors

On 10 April 2026, the French government launched a consultation on a draft set of government priorities and an action plan on endocrine disruptors, with the stated aim of “zero exposure to EDs”. Cosmetics are mentioned several times in the document.

p-Cymene, Burgeonal group, Silver Nitrate...: the Opinion of the GB HSE

On 2 April 2026, the HSE (Health and Safety Executive), the agency responsible for the CLP Regulation in Great Britain, published its Opinions on the harmonised classification and labelling of several cosmetic ingredients in the GB MCL (Mandatory Classification and Labelling), the equivalent of Annex VI of the European CLP Regulation. Many are in line with the corresponding opinions of ECHA’s RAC,...

Allergens: Canada updates the Cosmetic Notification Form

As announced, Health Canada has just updated its Cosmetics Notification Form to reflect its new “flexible approach” regarding the disclosure of the concentration information of certain fragrance allergens.

CLH classifications: Intention for Climbazole, proposal for Benzylhemiformal

On 1 April 2026, ECHA (the European Chemicals Agency) announced that two preservatives used in cosmetics were the subject of an intention for harmonised classification and labelling (CLH) (for Climbazole) and a classification proposal (for Benzylhemiformal).

IARC classifies Butyraldehyde in Group 2B

On March 27, 2026, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) announced the publication in The Lancet Oncology of the results of its assessment of the carcinogenicity of Butyraldehyde, a fragrance ingredient.

Friday, November 26, 2010

Bisphenol A: a risk through food ... but not through cosmetic products

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News has just came out: Europe decided to ban (as have already done Canada and France) the production of baby bottles containing Bisphenol A and thei...

Sunday, November 21, 2010

New incriminating against the Butylparaben

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Certainly, the trial heard cons parabens is not finished! Last piece made of record: a study showing its ability to impair sperm DNA …

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Mineral oils and waxes

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Paraffin and liquid paraffin, Vaseline, synthetic wax … all are hydrocarbons very often used in our cosmetics. You never thought you would apply a pet...

Friday, October 22, 2010

Canadians against harmful ingredients in their cosmetics

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Contrary to what some people stubbornly continue to say, the fight against potentially harmful substances in ingredients is no longer the privilege of...

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Hyaluronic Acid

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No one is vaunting any more the merits of the Hyaluronic Acid (HA) in the fight against ageing marks. Injected, it is one of the most popular ways of ...

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

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They are an ingredient of many face-care creams, and cannot be ignored in hair products, shampoos and hair-conditioners. Silicones are synthetic produ...

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Vegetable active ingredients: Green is rich

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They are more and more often in our cosmetics. The "organic" trend is a major factor in the highlighting of their interest for this application. Hurra...

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Confirmed fears about Triclosan safety

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On our CosmeticOBS-L’Observatoire des Cosmétiques website, we have already drawn your attention on the strong doubts dealing with Triclosan. This anti...

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Animal ingredients and cosmetics

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Animal tests are often referred to on labels, very often to emphasize the fact that no animal testing has been performed. Less often, the animal origi...

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein

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Since some few years, hydrolyzed wheat proteins are an ingredient commonly used in our cosmetics. In the list of ingredients of many hair-care product...

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Precious Stones

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You dream of gold or diamond? You think of jewels? And what if you looked at cosmetics? Indeed, you may find some precious stones in cosmetics (well, ...

Monday, April 5, 2010

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It is THE topic when dealing with food. However, palm oil is also a major ingredient of our cosmetics! Is it less debatable then? Do its qualities ove...