Propylene Glycol Dermal Absorption Data Included In CERHR Draft Report
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Dermal absorption of propylene glycol across intact skin is likely to be slow, and any dermal exposure to the ingredient "will result in systematic levels far below saturation of metabolic clearance," according to a draft report by the National Toxicology Program Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction
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