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When designing and developing skincare products, you will want to be certain that the items you are dealing with are safe for consumers to use. This confidence becomes even more important when the ultimate consumer, or end user, is an infant or baby.

When designing and developing skincare products, you will want to be certain that the items you are dealing with are safe for consumers to use. This confidence becomes even more important when the ultimate consumer, or end user, is an infant or baby.

Heavy or toxic metals, such as lead, arsenic, cobalt, chromium, mercury and nickel, occur naturally within raw materials used extensively throughout cosmetic products including shampoos, lipstick and eye shadow. 

Heavy or toxic metals, such as lead, arsenic, cobalt, chromium, mercury and nickel, occur naturally within raw materials used extensively throughout cosmetic products including shampoos, lipstick and eye shadow. 

This regulation prohibits the use of 23 substances in cosmetic products and applies in the EU from 1 March 2022. These substances have been classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic and toxic to reproduction by Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1182 (15th ATP to CLP).

The European Commission is reviewing the Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009 as part of the EU Chemical Strategy for Sustainability.

ADSL has for several years followed with interest the development of the new Cosmetic Supervision and Administration Regulations (CSAR) in China.