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Testing Trends in Anti-pollution Cosmetic Actives via SpecialChem

30 August 2018

The era of air pollution started a few decades ago. Pollution is now a major environmental risk to public health in the major megacities. Each week has its new information about peaks of polluted air in Europe, Asia or America.

All human activities impact our environment. Some of them have become a stress factor for nature and the human living conditions. And, it is leading to various problems such as: respiratory troubles, DNA changes, premature aging of the skin among other…

The pollution has various origins: agriculture, energy production, natural phenomena (volcano eruption, road transport, fuel combustion, methane synthesis… and the list is so long!).

Clarins, pioneer of innovative cosmetics launched its 1st anti-pollution skin care in 1995. And since 2014, the trend is increasing faster and faster with 40% growth in Asia Pacific region.

 

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