Hazardous ingredients in cosmetics and personal care products and health concern: a review

Increasing demand of cosmetics all over the world from teen to adult has increased awareness related to safety issue. The objective of this paper is to indicate the ingredients that possess health effect that can be found in cosmetics and personal care products. The ingredient was segmented to three...

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Main Authors: R., Siti Zulaikha, Syed Ismail, Sharifah Norkhadijah, Praveena, Sarva Mangala
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Scientific & Academic Publishing 2015
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/44952/
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Syed Ismail, Sharifah Norkhadijah
Praveena, Sarva Mangala
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description Increasing demand of cosmetics all over the world from teen to adult has increased awareness related to safety issue. The objective of this paper is to indicate the ingredients that possess health effect that can be found in cosmetics and personal care products. The ingredient was segmented to three parts which are preservatives, fragrances and heavy metal impurities. The related paper was reviewed in terms of the chemicals that commonly identified in the cosmetic and personal care product. This paper also highlighted the health risk possesses by such ingredients in the products. From the papers reviews, many chemicals remained arguable in term of safety and its presence in the products. The chemicals are either added for it intentional purposes or appears unintentionally due to the nature of chemical itself or due to the manufacturing processes. It is suggested that consumers aware over the ingredients used in their cosmetic and personal care products and the side effects it possesses.
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spelling upm-449522021-04-20T07:56:26Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/44952/ Hazardous ingredients in cosmetics and personal care products and health concern: a review R., Siti Zulaikha Syed Ismail, Sharifah Norkhadijah Praveena, Sarva Mangala Increasing demand of cosmetics all over the world from teen to adult has increased awareness related to safety issue. The objective of this paper is to indicate the ingredients that possess health effect that can be found in cosmetics and personal care products. The ingredient was segmented to three parts which are preservatives, fragrances and heavy metal impurities. The related paper was reviewed in terms of the chemicals that commonly identified in the cosmetic and personal care product. This paper also highlighted the health risk possesses by such ingredients in the products. From the papers reviews, many chemicals remained arguable in term of safety and its presence in the products. The chemicals are either added for it intentional purposes or appears unintentionally due to the nature of chemical itself or due to the manufacturing processes. It is suggested that consumers aware over the ingredients used in their cosmetic and personal care products and the side effects it possesses. Scientific & Academic Publishing 2015 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/44952/1/COSMETIC.pdf R., Siti Zulaikha and Syed Ismail, Sharifah Norkhadijah and Praveena, Sarva Mangala (2015) Hazardous ingredients in cosmetics and personal care products and health concern: a review. Public Health Research, 5 (1). pp. 7-15. ISSN 2167-7263; ESSN: 2167-7247 http://article.sapub.org/10.5923.j.phr.20150501.02.html 10.5923/j.phr.20150501.02
spellingShingle R., Siti Zulaikha
Syed Ismail, Sharifah Norkhadijah
Praveena, Sarva Mangala
Hazardous ingredients in cosmetics and personal care products and health concern: a review
title Hazardous ingredients in cosmetics and personal care products and health concern: a review
title_full Hazardous ingredients in cosmetics and personal care products and health concern: a review
title_fullStr Hazardous ingredients in cosmetics and personal care products and health concern: a review
title_full_unstemmed Hazardous ingredients in cosmetics and personal care products and health concern: a review
title_short Hazardous ingredients in cosmetics and personal care products and health concern: a review
title_sort hazardous ingredients in cosmetics and personal care products and health concern: a review
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/44952/1/COSMETIC.pdf