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CIR Panel Throws Up Hands At Airbrush Ingredient Safety, Defers To FDA On Eyelash ‘Enhancers’

 
• By Lauren Nardella

The US-based Cosmetic Ingredient Review’s independent experts finalized four ingredient safety reports at its 7-8 March meeting, advanced nine tentative assessments, and issued two insufficient data announcements. The panel continues to face challenges in assessing ingredients used in airbrush applications and decided against prioritizing review of eyelash-"enhancing" prostaglandin analogues.

The Expert Panel for Cosmetic Ingredient Safety is not in a position to evaluate the safety of cosmetic ingredients when formulated in products used in airbrush devices, panelists agreed at their 160th meeting.

Limited industry reporting through the US Food and Drug Administration’s Voluntary Cosmetic Reporting Program and Personal Care Products Council surveys tends to leave the CIR panel without information they need to identify when and how ingredients are used in

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