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Heavy Metals in Cosmetics

In: Environmental Impact and Remediation of Heavy Metals

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  • Tamara Attard
  • Everaldo G. Attard

Abstract

This review provides a comprehensive insight into the content of five heavy metals found in cosmetics and their effects at the site of application and on several organs via the dermal route of administration. Regulation of these products is very limited with little information on limits of these metals at the disposition of manufacturers. Lead and arsenic are considered to be contaminants in cosmetics whereas cadmium may be present as a coloring agent besides being a contaminant. Nickel is notorious for its association with allergic chronic dermatitis. Though mercury is rarely present in cosmetics, it has been found in significant quantities in skin lightening creams. A multi-variate meta-analysis was conducted to determine the relationships between the five metals and any possible differences between the sixteen categories of formulations used for facial and body skin care and cosmetic purposes. In general, lipsticks, eye shadows, face paints, make-up foundation and skin lightening creams exhibited a high amount of heavy metals superior to the levels of these metals in other facial and body products. The outcome of this analysis urges regulators and manufacturers to consider routine monitoring for the presence of these metals in cosmetics.

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  • Tamara Attard & Everaldo G. Attard, 2022. "Heavy Metals in Cosmetics," Chapters, in: Hosam M. Saleh & Amal I. Hassan (ed.), Environmental Impact and Remediation of Heavy Metals, IntechOpen.
  • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:256682
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.102406
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    Keywords

    lead; cadmium; nickel; mercury; arsenic; metallokinetics; metallodynamics;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q52 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Pollution Control Adoption and Costs; Distributional Effects; Employment Effects

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