Nitro, Polycyclic Musk Risk Assessment Should Not Be Altered – FMA
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
The results of a study published in the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences' Environmental Health Perspectives evaluating the impact of nitromusks and polycyclic musks on excised gill tissues in mussels should not impact the safe use of the common fragrance ingredients or alter environmental risk assessments for the chemicals, the Fragrance Materials Association said in a Nov. 5 statement
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