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CIR Experts Find Brown Algae Data Lacking, Finalize ‘Safe’ Position On Ginkgo Biloba Ingredients

 
• By Lauren Nardella

The expert panel concluded its safety assessment of Ginkgo biloba ingredients, plus four other ingredients/groups, and advanced six tentative safety reports at its Sept. 24-25 meeting in Washington. Currently available data are insufficient to determine the safety of 82 brown algae ingredients, the panel says.

Homemade skin care with natural ingredients aloe vera, lemon, cucumber, himalayan salt, peppermint, rosemary, almonds, cucumber, ginger and honey pollen isolated on white background.

Botanical ingredient developments were among highlights of the Sept. 24-25 meeting of the Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel, which is focused increasingly on the safety of plant-derived substances due to rampant “natural” cosmetic demand.

The panel issued an insufficient data announcement for 82 brown algae ingredients, used in a growing number of cosmetic products...

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