What is it about?
Some of these MOSH are strongly accumulated and form granulomas in human tissues, which prompted Cosmetics Europe (former Colipa) to issue a recommendation for their use in lip care and oral products. From 2012 to 2014, MOSH were determined in 175 cosmetic lip products taken from the Swiss market in order to estimate their contribution to human exposure.
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Why is it important?
About 31% of the products contained more than 32% MOSH. Their regular usage would amount in an estimated MOSH- exposure exceeding the highest estimated dietary exposure. The majority of the products contained hydrocarbons with a molecular mass range which was not in line with the recommendations of Cosmetics Europe.
Perspectives
Taking into account that material applied to the lips largely ends up being ingested, MOSH levels should be reduced in the majority of cosmetic lip products.
Markus Niederer
Kanton Basel-Stadt
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This page is a summary of: Mineral oil and synthetic hydrocarbons in cosmetic lip products, International Journal of Cosmetic Science, October 2015, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/ics.12276.
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