Handbook of Cosmetic Ingredients - their use, safety and toxicology (Dweck Data handbooks) Review
A book that describes the function, safety and toxicology of the raw materials used in cosmetics and toiletries. Written for the safety assessor, toxicologist, formulator and consumer who wants to know the straight scientific truth about the ingredients in their products.
This book was written out of despair. The continual need to understand raw materials in much greater depth following the latest Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on cosmetic products (recast) 2008/0035 (COD) dated 10 November 2009 (finally as 1223/2009 on 30 November 2009) which replaces all other regulations and required the margin of safety to be calculated out caused many problems.
The NOAEL (No Observable Adverse Effects Level) figures are so rare as to be non-existent. There is a vast amount of historical animal testing data that exists in a thousand different documents, but finding it in one source that is readily accessible was not an easy project. It was with trepidation and a large dose of common sense that we assembled all the test results available be it animal data or modern alternatives and created a figure which we have called “The actual or estimated LD50 value:”
This figure is used in the calculation for the margin of safety (that should calculate out to be >100 for leave on products). In some cases the data we had did not match the experience we have accumulated over 40 years in the industry and so we have pitched our value at a higher level so that the theoretical value better matches consumer experience.
The second reason for writing the book was to offer those very consumers we strive to protect with our products an honest and truthful description of the raw materials that they are using. The volume has been written without emotion, so parabens are safe, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate in a rinse off product is innocuous, regardless of what a less informed marketer seeks to sell as a Unique Selling Proposition (USP).
To put the data firmly in the public domaine we have made this an eBook at a price never normally seen for a technical volume of this type. We hope those who buy it will approve.
This volume has now been updated with an additional 350 ingredients in the 3rd edition Read more...
