Cosmetic Spray Safety Assessment Rarely Needs Particle-Size Data? CIR Expert Panel Weighs NGO Criticism

03 Dec 2018

• By Lauren Nardella

Women’s Voices for the Earth is inclined to disagree that “particle/droplet size data under consumer use conditions are rarely needed when assessing the inhalation safety of an ingredient in a spray cosmetic product,” as stated in a draft resource document currently under revision by Cosmetic Ingredient Review. The group’s Expert Panel will consider the matter Dec. 3-4 in Washington.

Cosmetic Ingredient Review and Women’s Voices for the Earth still seem to be on different pages regarding an appropriately protective, science-based framework for assessing the safety of aerosol products/ingredients, a topic up for discussion at the CIR Expert Panel’s Dec. 3-4 meeting in Washington.

CIR is in the process of revising its Aerosols Precedent document, intended as a backgrounder on evaluating the safety of...