• Cosmetic Industry

  the death of parabens?

  Posted by belassi on July 28, 2016 at 4:28 pm

  Wal-Mart Asks Its Suppliers to Stop Using Eight Chemicals

  No more Triclosan either (good!)

  OldPerry replied 7 years, 9 months ago 4 Members · 4 Replies
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  Dilfre

  Member

  July 28, 2016 at 5:31 pm

  Ok, that is what the customers want. Which are our options as formulators?

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  belassi

  Member

  July 28, 2016 at 6:06 pm

  We have many options but they are going to cost more.

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  Bill_Toge

  Member

  July 28, 2016 at 6:22 pm

  yeah, several UK supermarkets have been phasing parabens out of their own-brand products over the last 5-10 years; major branders, on the other hand, generally have not

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  OldPerry

  Member

  July 28, 2016 at 8:51 pm

  Rumors of the demise of parabens are greatly exaggerated. 

  They didn’t ban the most frequently used paraben Methylparaben. 
  
  I just think there will be more methylparaben sold.

  Triclosan isn’t used much either (at least as a preservative). http://media.cosmeticsandtoiletries.com/documents/CT1601_02_Steinberg_Table_web.pdf

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