Preservatives

  • Aquapharm, ABT Collaborate for New Sustainable Skin Care Ingredients
    Aquapharm Biodiscovery joined forces with Norwegian firm Aqua Bio Technology (ABT) to create a new generation of sustainable ingredients for the skin care market. Together the companies hope to identify natural marine ingredients that could replace the petroleum-based ...More
    January 30, 2012
    Posted in News
  • Symrise ~ SymOcide® PS
    Symrise launched SymOcide® PS, a broad spectrum preservative for cosmetic applications. ...More
    January 26, 2012
    Posted in News
  • Breast Cancer and Parabens?
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    The causal relationship between parabens and breast cancer is still undetermined, but the research continues to mount. ...More
    January 23, 2012
    Posted in Blog
  • Study Finds Parabens in Breast Tissue
    English researchers reported one or more paraben esters were quantifiable in 158/160 (99 percent) breast tissue samples and in 96/160 (60 percent) all five parabens were measured. ...More
    January 17, 2012
    Posted in News
  • EU Drafting Paraben-Ban Proposal
    According to Cosmetics Business, the European Commission is planning a proposal to ban the use of five parabens in cosmetics: isopropyl, isobutyl, pentyl, phenyl and benzyl esters of 4-hydroxybenzoic acid and their salts in cosmetics. ...More
    December 22, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Recap of FDA's Cosmetic Microbiological Meeting
    On Nov. 30, 2011, FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), which is responsible for the federal regulation of cosmetic products in the United States, held a public meeting on microbiological safety issues relevant to cosmetic products. ...More
    December 9, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Johnson & Johnson ‘Cleaning Up’ Baby Products
    After years of pressure from many activists, personal care giant Johnson & Johnson finally reformulated its flagship baby shampoo without the use of formaldehyde-releasing preservatives. ...More
    November 17, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Study: BPA, Parabens Linked to Breast Cancer
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    Researchers at the California Pacific Medical Center said their observations warranted the need to reinforce the concern bisphenol-A (BPA) and methylparaben (MP), at low concentrations detected in humans, can have adverse health consequences, suggesting an increased risk of ...More
    September 16, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Slide Show: MicroCurb™: A Natural Antimicrobial Preservative
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    Antioxidants and antimicrobials are functional ingredients that serve as preservatives in beauty formulations. Kemin presented new data at HBA Global 2011 on its natural antimicrobial preservative MicroCurb™, a fermented soy extract. ...More
    August 23, 2011
    Posted in Galleries
  • Pocket Full of Sunshine
    As summer winds down and my weekend escapes on the LIRR to Long Beach are becoming numbered, I keep thinking of sun care—from sun block to sun spots—expiration dates and frizzy hair. What do all three of these have in common? Nothing, except sunburn, spoiled cosmetics and ...More
    August 19, 2011
    Posted in Blog
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