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http://dx.doi.org/10.15230/SCSK.2012.38.1.051

Monitoring of Formaldehyde in Cosmetic Products  

Jung, Bo-Kyung (Seoul Metropolitan Goverment Research Institute of Public Health and Environment)
Park, Woon-Hee (Seoul Metropolitan Goverment Research Institute of Public Health and Environment)
Kim, Dong-Gyu (Seoul Metropolitan Goverment Research Institute of Public Health and Environment)
Choi, Eun-Jung (Seoul Metropolitan Goverment Research Institute of Public Health and Environment)
Kim, Yeon-Cheon (Seoul Metropolitan Goverment Research Institute of Public Health and Environment)
Hwang, In-Sook (Seoul Metropolitan Goverment Research Institute of Public Health and Environment)
Chae, Young-Zoo (Seoul Metropolitan Goverment Research Institute of Public Health and Environment)
Publication Information
Journal of the Society of Cosmetic Scientists of Korea / v.38, no.1, 2012 , pp. 51-55 More about this Journal
Abstract
Formaldehyde is commonly present in cosmetic products as an ingredient intended to preserve cosmetic raw materials or as a liberated product from other formaldehyde-releasing preservatives. Since even low level of formaldehyde can elicit a dermatological reactions in sensitized individuals, there has been a tendency to restrict and regulate the use of formaldehyde in cosmetic products. In this study, we determined formaldehyde content in 114 commercial cosmetic products such as packs and masks. Formaldehyde was detected at the level ranging from 0.3 to $9.7{\mu}g/mL$ (ppm) in 36 % of the tested cosmetic products. We investigated formaldehyde content of twelve products specifying to contain formaldehyde-releasing preservatives on their labels. In eleven of ten imidazolidinyl urea-containing and two 1,3-Dimethylol-5,5-dimethylhydantoin (DMDM hyantoin)-containing products, average of $1.7{\mu}g/mL$ (ppm) formaldehyde level was detected. The formaldehyde levels detected in our tested products are low when compared with the maximum authorised concentration 0.2 % (2000 ppm) of formaldehyde in cosmetics according to the Korean Food and Drug Administration notice.
Keywords
formaldehyde; formaldehyde-releasing; cosmetic products; dermatological; preservatives;
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