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. 2019 Mar 29;60(1):E50–E57. doi: 10.15167/2421-4248/jpmh2019.60.1.1080

Tab. V.

Frequency of occurrence and percentage of other chemicals of concern identified on the label of selected products and referring to rinse-off, leave-on and make-up categories.

Other chemicals CAS no. Rinse-off Leave-on Make-up Total
(n) (%) (n) (%) (n) (%) (n) (%)
PEGs* 25322-68-3 53 81.5 38 69.1 10 23.8 101 62.3
Acrylate copolymer 25133-97-5 16 24.6 20 36.4 19 45.2 55 34
Petrolatum 8009-03-8 2 3.1 12 21.8 14 33.3 28 17.2
Polysorbate-80/-60/-20 9005-65-6, 9005-67-8, 9005-64-5 16 24.6 7 12.7 1 2.4 24 14.8
Ethylhextyl methoxycinnamate 5466-77-3 - - 9 16.4 13 31 22 13.6
BHA 25013-16-5 1 1.2 - - 2 6.9 3 1.6
BHT 128-37-0 3 3.5 14 18.2 11 37.9 28 4.7
Benzophenone-1 131-56-6 - - - - 6 14.3 6 3.7
Benzophenone-3 131-57-7 - - 3 5.5 5 11.9 8 4.9
Cocamide DEA 68603-42-9 2 3.1 - - - - 2 1.2
Toluene 108-88-3 - - - - 2 4.8 2 1.2

*we considered all ingredients indicated on labels as “PEG” or “-eth”, followed by a number.