CIR compendium
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
The 2007 edition of the Cosmetic Ingredient Review's ingredient safety compendium - containing safety assessments of over 1,300 individual cosmetic ingredients - is now available, the review panel announces. The volume identifies 784 ingredients that are safe for cosmetic formulations, 408 that are safe if "qualifications are heeded," 119 with insufficient safety data and nine unsafe ingredients, according to CIR's March 23 release. The new edition features a separate listing for ingredients that have been re-reviewed since their initial evaluation in the early 1980s. CIR was established by CTFA in 1976 to provide independent assessments of cosmetic ingredients. The group most recently reopened its assessment of the botanical extract Calendula officinalis (1"The Rose Sheet" Dec. 11, 2006, p. 7)...