{"id":2003,"date":"2023-05-12T10:53:17","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T14:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/?p=2003"},"modified":"2025-05-01T12:04:59","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T16:04:59","slug":"toxic-chemicals-in-cosmetics-and-personal-care-products-remain-in-our-bodies-and-environments-for-a-very-very-long-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/2023\/toxic-chemicals-in-cosmetics-and-personal-care-products-remain-in-our-bodies-and-environments-for-a-very-very-long-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Toxic chemicals in cosmetics and personal care products remain in our bodies and environments for a very, very long time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Toxic chemicals in cosmetics and personal care products remain in our bodies and environments for a very, very long time\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/people\/amy-rand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amy Rand<\/a>, Assistant professor, Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology, Carleton University research work say chemicals in cosmetics and personal care products remain in our bodies and environments for a longer period of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The research work has measured PFAS in cosmetics and personal care products purchased in Canada. Products included bronzers, concealers, foundations, shaving creams, sunscreens and moisturizers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PFAS were extracted from each product and measured using mass spectrometry instrumentation. These instruments identify individual PFAS present in the products, at high milligram amounts or down to a trillionth of a gram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Particularly high levels stemmed from products containing the following ingredients: C6-16 perfluoroalkyl ethyl phosphates, perfluorooctyl triethoxysilane, and perfluorobutyl ethers. The Canadian government has prohibited some PFAS from products, including perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA),&nbsp;<a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/gazette.gc.ca\/rp-pr\/p2\/2016\/2016-10-05\/html\/sor-dors252-eng.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ylk=\"slk:and any chemical that degrades to produce PFOA;elm:context_link;itc:0\">and any chemical that degrades to produce PFOA<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New proposed Canadian PFAS regulations will set a threshold level at one microgram per gram in products. This means that PFAS at or below this level would be incidental and&nbsp;<a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/gazette.gc.ca\/rp-pr\/p1\/2022\/2022-05-14\/html\/reg2-eng.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ylk=\"slk:the prohibition would not apply;elm:context_link;itc:0\">the prohibition would not apply<\/a>. Also, they found that some products contained PFAS \u2014 including those prohibited from use \u2014 at levels a thousand times higher than the incidental level \u2014 pointing towards a lack of oversight <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acs.est.2c02660\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ylk=\"slk:when it comes to managing PFAS in the personal care product industry;elm:context_link;itc:0\">when it comes to managing PFAS in the personal care product industry<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please <a href=\"https:\/\/ca.style.yahoo.com\/toxic-chemicals-cosmetics-personal-care-202814254.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here!<\/a> to read the article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amy Rand, Assistant professor, Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology, Carleton University research work say chemicals in cosmetics and personal care products remain in our bodies and environments for a longer period of time. The research work has measured PFAS in cosmetics and personal care products purchased in Canada. Products included bronzers, concealers, foundations, shaving creams, sunscreens [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":"research-chemistry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2003"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2005,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003\/revisions\/2005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}