Q - Are nitrosamines in cosmetics a health danger?

A - The nitrosamine of primary concern is N-nitrosodiethanolamine (NDELA). For A lot of years the United States of America Food and Drug Administration has analyzed surveillance samples of cosmetics, principally those containing DEA and TEA, for NDELA. The levels of NDELA detected has ranged from less than 30 parts per billion to 150 parts per million.

United States of America Food and Drug Administration has urged cosmetic manufacturars to voluntarily remove from cosmetic any ingredient which may combine with others to form NDELA and to conduct additional testing to determine why cosmetics become contaminated with NDELA.

Information currently available does not indicate that NDELA, at the levels detected in cosmetics, is a health danger.

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