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’This valuable handbook is recommended for qualified cosmetic safety assessors, suppliers of raw materials, dermatologists and pharmacists, toxicologists as well as EU officials and administrators dealing with cosmetics. These groups will find relevant information on the European cosmetic legislation, the compilation of cosmetic technical dossiers, toxicological database searches, and the availability and use of alternative methods in the field of cosmetics. The authors of this issue provide guidances and scientific background to the manifold challenges of industrial, governmental and academic cosmetic safety assessment today and in the next future.’

Arzneimittel-Forschung / Drug Research

’Taking into account the continuous changes in European legislation and the scientific advances in the field of toxicology and alternative methods, this book presents the readers an up-to-dated complete guidance on the existing EU rules on the safety assessment of cosmetic ingredients, giving useful guidelines for the compilation of a TIF necessary for a finished cosmetic product. The completeness of the scientific data on the complex process of safety assessment and the references reported for each chapter, make the book a unique source for suppliers of raw materials, chemists, pharmacists, dermatologists and toxicologists as well as EU officials and marketing/administrator dealing with cosmetics.’

Journal of Applied Cosmetology

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