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TESTING ORGANIC SKINCARE PRODUCTS
Hi , Just wondering if anyone knows where I can send some products for testing,to find out what ingredients are present, and if the ingredients that they claim on product are actually what they claim.
This is urgent and very important, , as we have some concerns about the ingredients possibly not being accurate, and need to test products for confirmation.Any help would be much appreciated. -
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This is going to be hugely expensive, and time-consuming, but try Avomeen. http://www.avomeen.com/services/deformulation
I will have to point out that no test exists that can tell the difference between a certified organic ingredient and one that derives from non-organically grown plants.If you are only concerned that some or all of the ingredients are synthetic/petroleum derived, rather than plant-derived, there is a simple and inexpensive test that can tell, although it does not tell you which specific ingredient is the culprit. It’s based on the carbon-14 dating tests used for archeology, and detects if there are any petroleum-derived carbon atoms. It’s the same test used to qualify products for the USDA’s Biopreferred/Biobased program (http://www.biopreferred.gov/BioPreferred/faces/Welcome.xhtml?faces-redirect=true)This is one of the labs: -
Thank you so much for the info, I will give them a call
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