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. 2020 Nov 24;14:1178630220976558. doi: 10.1177/1178630220976558

Table 2.

Three of 21 products tested were positive for tremolite asbestos. Actinolite asbestos was also detected in eye shadow palette #2.

Category No. of subsamples positive and No. of subsamples tested Quantitation of asbestos (structures/gram) Percentage of asbestos in product | (%) Asbestos concentration, ppm
Toy make-up kit 1 of 3* 4.33 and 4.67 million amphibole asbestos 0.0004-0.0005 4.3-4.6
Eye shadow palette #1 5 of 25 2.25 to 3.57 million amphibole asbestos § 0.0002-0.0004 2.2-3.5
Eye shadow palette #2 18 of 45 1.49 to 3.86 million amphibole asbestos § 0.0001-0.0004 1.5-3.8
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Three of 8 total powder-based eye-shadow colors were tested in a multi-product make-up kit.

Twenty-five of 63 and 45 of 120 of total powder-based eye-shadow colors were tested from palettes #1 and #2, respectively.

Two sub-samples from the 1 asbestos-containing eye-shadow color were quantitated.

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A maximum and minimum was reported from quantitation of 3 separate asbestos-containing colors.

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Parts per million and percentage calculations based on assuming average fiber dimensions of length of 5 µm, width of 0.25 µm, and the specific gravity of tremolite (3.15).