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The Scientific Committee on Cosmetic Products and Non-Food Products Intended for Consumers (2003) Opinion Concerning Methylisothiazolinone, COLIPA No. P94, SCCNFP/0625/02, Final http // ec.europa.eu/health/ph risk/ committees/sccp/documents/out 201. pdf (last accessed 27 September 2011). 

A survey in 2000, carried out in Los Angeles by a group at the University of Southern California School of Medicine, found a link with bladder cancer. It involved 1541 people with this condition and they were compared to 897 people who were not so afflicted. Adjustments were made to take into account smokers, who are liable to be more at risk of this disease in any case, and it found that those who used permanent hair dyes every month had a slightly higher risk of bladder cancer, especially if they had used hair dyes continuously for 15 or more years. Hairdressers had an even higher risk. This revelation prompted the Scientific Committee on Cosmetic Products and Non-Food Products ofthe EU (SCCNFP) to issue a discussion paper in February 2002. This was followed in December that year by a requirement that manufacturers must submit by July 2005 all their data on hair dyes together with studies to assess their safety in terms of cancer and toxicity. The outcome of this has yet to be published, but it will take the form of an approved list of hair dyes which will be issued in 2007. 

SCCNFP (2003). Opinion concerning Basic criteria for the in vitro assessment of dermal absorption of cosmetic ingredients , SCCNFP/0750/03, Scientific Committee on Cosmetic Products and Non-Food Products (http //europa.eu.inl/comm/healtli/ph risk/ committees/ sccp/documents/out23 l en.pdf). 

Scientific Committee on Cosmetic Products and Non-Food Products. (2000) Annex 10—guidelines for in vitro methods to assess percutaneous absorption of cosmetic ingredients, in Notes of Guidance for Testing of Cosmetic Ingredients for Their Safety Evaluation, Monograph SCCNFP/1321/00, EC, Brussels, Belgium, pp. 77-85. 

SCCNFP. 2002. Opinion of the Scientific Committee on Cosmetic Products and Non-Food Products intended for consumers concerning lawsone. COLIPA No. C146. Brussels Directorate-General Health and Consumer Protection of the European Union. 

EU Directorate General Health and Consumer Protection Scientific, Committee on Cosmetic Products and Non-food Products intended for consumers (SCCPNP), http //europa.eu.intfcomm/health/ph.risk/committees/ sccp/sccp en.htm... 

As a result of this and in response to a question from a Member State (MS) and members of the European parliament, the Scientific Committee on Cosmetic Products and Non-Eood Products Intended for Consumers (SCCNEP) has been asked by DG Enterprise (EU Commission) to respond to the following mandate in relation to the safety of fragrance ingredients and to answer (among others) the following questions ... 

On the other hand, as mentioned in Section 1.1, Annex VII is divided into two parts Part 1 lists the permitted UV filters which cosmetic products may contain at present, whereas Part 2 hsts those provisionally allowed. The allowed compounds are reviewed periodically by the Scientific Committee on Consumer Products (SCCP), formerly known as Scientific Committee on Cosmetic Products and Non-Food Products intended for Consumers (SCCNFP), which is composed of scientists from the different member states, who study and review the data of the target compounds provided by different sources, such as hospitals, industries and research centres. After reporting the study, the European Commission together with the member states, adopt the appropriate actions. In this way, some compounds have been eliminated that were provisionally allowed, and... 

Fortunately, this problem is changing. So, on the basis of increased bladder cancer risk caused by certain hair dyes and due to the considerable number of hair dyes used whose safety has not yet been assessed by public authorities, the European Scientific Committee on Consumer Products (SCCP) (formerly known as Scientific Committee on Cosmetic Products and Non-Food products intended for consumers (SCCPNFP)) established guidelines encouraging the cosmetic industry to submit dossiers for hair dyes containing chemical specifications and toxicological studies in order to establish a positive list for hair dyes in the near future (SCCP, 2002 SCCP, 2005). In the SCCP webpage (see references), opinions concerning different hair dyes can be consulted. 

Scientific Committee on Cosmetic Products and Non-Food Products (SCCNFP) intended for consumers, 1999, Fragrance Allergy in Consumers. A Review of the Problem. SCCNFP/0017/98 final. EU Commission, Brussels, ... 

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