The Cosmetic Toiletry & Perfumery Association (CTPA) pushes back against a study by the University of Birmingham that warns the skin is a “significant source of exposure” to PFAS from clothes and personal care products.

Caroline Rainsford, director of Science at the CTPA, tells Personal Care Insights, “The chemicals assessed in the study do not have official cosmetic ingredient names and are therefore very unlikely to be used as cosmetic ingredients.”

She adds, “The authors state that the chosen solvent for the dermal penetration studies is a limitation to this research due to the fact that methanol increases the skin penetration potential of substances.

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