Adverse events linked to cosmetics and personal care products doubled in 2016 in the U.S., finds a new study.
Between the year 2004 and 2016 a total of 5,144 adverse events were reported to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which means an average of 396 per year.
Details of the report are published in the JAMA Internal Medicine magazine. It reveals the side effects rose by 78 percent in 2015 and 300 percent in 2016. The total number of complaints last war was 1,591 and largely driven by complaints about hair care products, particularly the WEN products.
Dermatology Dr. Shuai Xu said cosmetics permeate daily life and people are exposed to several chemicals, in hundreds, every day from the products. It is not like the drugs and medical devices and even newborns, infants as well as pregnant women uses it.
Xu is the senior study author of the research and a researcher at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. He and his colleagues examined adverse events data in the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition’s Adverse Event Reporting System (CFSAN).
The tattoos, skin care and hair care products mostly led to side effects. The hair products included styling aids, conditioners and shampoos too.
