Development of a cosmetic cream certified reference material: Certification of lead, mercury and arsenic mass fractions in cosmetic cream

Ng, Sin Yee; Dewi, Fransiska; Wang, Juan; Sim, Lay Peng; Shin, Richard; Lee, Tong Kooi

doi:10.1016/j.ijms.2015.08.015

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“…According to Health-Canada, in Nigeria and most sub-Saharan African countries, all the cosmetic products 100% tested positive for Ni, >90% tested positive for Pb and beryllium (Be) and found at least 4 metals out of Cd, Pb, Hg, Ni, Be, arsenic (As), selenium (Se) and thallium (Tl) on the average. Environment Defense Canada (EDC) also tested about 49 different cosmetic products out of which more than 90% contained Pb and about 40% contained As [6]. FDA (USA) allowed 10 to 20 mg/kg of Pb in cosmetics.…”

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Toxicology of Heavy Metals Used in Cosmetics

Raza-Naqvi

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Sherazi

et al. 2022

J. Chil. Chem. Soc.

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Cosmetics have been used by humans since the start of human civilization. Initially, it was typically consisting of natural products but to get prompt results, heavy metals were frequently added to cosmetics to accelerate the affects. Heavy metals such as mercury (Hg), lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd) and chromium (Cr) are detected in various cosmetic products; most frequently in color cosmetics, hair cosmetics, face-body care products and beauty cosmetic products. These metals are included in toxic metals. The application of cosmetics to different body parts leads to the absorption of metals through the stratum corneum into the blood, accumulate or replace essential elements of different biomolecules which triggers the unfavorable mechanism. Reported data shows that in some common cosmetic products toxic metals are being used greater than permissible limit. The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and World Health Organization (WHO) have established the highest permissible limit of exposure for heavy metals in different cosmetic products. However, commonly in developing world no care is taken for permissible limit set by FDA and WHO and to obey cosmetic production legislations which resulted in fatal health consequences. Thus, in this review article we are focusing on the permissible limits, hazardous effects of the toxic metals and mechanisms associated with the hazardous effects related to heavy metals found in cosmetics. Owing to the growing usage of cosmetics it is necessary to explore the possible sources and routs of metals toxicity to fix the hazardous effects related to heavy metals found in cosmetics.

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Toxicology of Heavy Metals Used in Cosmetics

Raza-Naqvi

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Sherazi

et al. 2022

J. Chil. Chem. Soc.

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“…The inorganic elements may exist as impurities in the raw ingredients or as products of the manufacturing process of cosmetics [18]. Among the harmful elements that elicit concern are include Ni, [19] Pb, As, [20] and Zn [18][19][20][21].…”

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Cosmetic products for children and adults – determination of As, Ni, Pb AND Zn contents

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Tonial

2021

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O objetivo deste trabalho foi determinar a concentração de elementos potencialmente tóxicos em diferentes produtos cosméticos, usando metodologias de digestão simples, acessíveis e técnicas espectroscópicas. Um total de doze produtos foram selecionados, comprados e analisados, os quais incluem blush (BL), sombra para os olhos (SH), pó facial (PO) e tinta em pó para crianças (PP). As amostras foram secas (a 100ºC), trituradas e homogeneizadas. Para digestão duas metodologias foram empregadas. Os teores de Ni, Pb e Zn foram quantificados por espectrometria de absorção atômica com chama (FAAS), e os teores de As por espectrometria de absorção atômica com atomização eletrotérmica em forno de grafite (GFAAS). Em geral, as amostras apresentaram teores abaixo do limite de detecção (LOD) para Ni, Pb, As e Zn. No entanto, algumas amostras de PP apresentaram teores de Zn entre 2 ± 1 e 442 ± 32 mg L-1. Esse resultado deve-se provavelmente ao uso de alguns pigmentos naturais ou inorgânicos, e sugerem as seguintes ações: (1) monitoramento regular de elementos potencialmente tóxicos em produtos de PP; (2) novos estudos sobre os níveis de Zn em produtos cosméticos para crianças; e (3) a criação de legislação para regular a composição dos produtos de PP.

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“…It is expected that the use of adequate CRM for testing of impurities in cosmetic samples will signicantly improve the quality of the results. In a similar vein, Ng et al 93 described the work undertaken to prepare and characterize a cosmetic cream sample for the assignment of certied values. Exact matching IDMS and standard additions techniques were developed for As, Hg and Pb determination in a cosmetic cream sample provided by the National Institute of Metrology (NIM, China).…”

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confidence: 99%