TY - JOUR
T1 - Trace element determination in beauty products by k0-instrumental neutron activation analysis
AU - Sneyers, Liesel
AU - Verheyen, Leen
AU - Vermaercke, Peter
AU - Bruggeman, Michel
N1 - Score = 10
PY - 2009/6
Y1 - 2009/6
N2 - A recent study on trace elements in beauty
products and cosmetics sold on the Asian market has
shown the presence of high levels of U, Th and rare earth
elements in so called ‘‘Hormesis cosmetics.’’ For the purpose
of comparison, some more information about trace
elements in European cosmetics would be useful. In this
paper the results obtained using k0-standardised Instrumental
Neutron Activation Analysis (k0-INAA) for more
than 20 trace elements in 20 different beauty products
collected from the European market are presented. We
found traces of Ba, As and Sb which is in breach with
European legislation. For some of the other elements like
Cr and Co further speciation is needed in order to evaluate
their presence in beauty products.
AB - A recent study on trace elements in beauty
products and cosmetics sold on the Asian market has
shown the presence of high levels of U, Th and rare earth
elements in so called ‘‘Hormesis cosmetics.’’ For the purpose
of comparison, some more information about trace
elements in European cosmetics would be useful. In this
paper the results obtained using k0-standardised Instrumental
Neutron Activation Analysis (k0-INAA) for more
than 20 trace elements in 20 different beauty products
collected from the European market are presented. We
found traces of Ba, As and Sb which is in breach with
European legislation. For some of the other elements like
Cr and Co further speciation is needed in order to evaluate
their presence in beauty products.
KW - Beauty products k0-INAA Trace elements Cosmetics
UR - http://ecm.sckcen.be/OTCS/llisapi.dll/open/ezp_101295
UR - http://knowledgecentre.sckcen.be/so2/bibref/6241
U2 - 10.1007/s10967-009-0105-8
DO - 10.1007/s10967-009-0105-8
M3 - Article
SN - 0236-5731
VL - 281
SP - 259
EP - 263
JO - Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
JF - Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
IS - 2
ER -