Halfway through the Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel’s September 24-25 meeting, Women’s Voices for the Earth was already blogging that the panel seemed set on declaring parabens safe (which it went on to do on a tentative basis) despite what the NGO sees as increasing evidence to the contrary. Panelist statements from previous meetings suggest a pro-industry agenda, WVE suggests.
Manufacturers of the more than 20,000 cosmetic products known to contain parabens can breathe a sigh of relief following the Sept. 24-25 meeting of the Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel, which advanced a report tentatively determining the preservatives safe.
The sole exception was benzylparaben, which lacks sufficient safety data, the panel decided at the meeting in Washington.