Helsinki:
The Helsinki-based company has inspected nearly 4,500 beauty merchandise in 13 European international locations and located that six p.c of the merchandise — or 285 merchandise — contained substances banned as a result of their detrimental results on well being.
The chemical compounds had been present in merchandise “from varied sellers and in any respect value ranges” throughout controls between November 2023 and April 2024, the company mentioned in a press release.
Merchandise containing the hazardous chemical compounds included eyeliners, lip-liners, conditioners and hair masks.
The substances discovered are banned beneath the Stockholm Conference on Persistent Natural Pollution in addition to beneath EU-law and publicity to them could scale back fertility and improve dangers of most cancers, the businesses mentioned.
In accordance with ECHA, the inspections had been carried out primarily by controlling the merchandise’ checklist of substances merchandise, and the company famous that the management measure “could be simply used additionally by shoppers”.
After the inspections “enforcement authorities have taken measures to take away the non-compliant merchandise from the market”, the ECHA mentioned.
The international locations the place controls had been carried out had been Austria, Denmark, Germany, Finland, Iceland, Italy, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Romania and Sweden.
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