Cosmetic Safety and Ingredient Information Links
Federal Government
- Consumer Product Safety Commission: http://www.cpsc.gov/
- Food and Drug Administration:http://www.fda.gov/
- FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research: http://www.fda.gov/cder/index.html
- FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition: http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/list.html
- FDA Office of Cosmetics and Colors: http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/cos-toc.html
- The U.S. Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act: http://www.fda.gov/opacom/laws/fdcact/fdctoc.htm
- The U.S. Fair Packaging and Labeling Act: http://www.fda.gov/opacom/laws/fplact.htm
- Search the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations: http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/cfrsearch.cfm
- FDA Regulation of Over-The-Counter Drugs: http://www.fda.gov/cder/offices/otc/default.htm
State Government
- California Air Resources Board (CARB): http://www.arb.ca.gov/homepage.htm
- California Proposition 65: http://www.oehha.ca.gov/prop65.html
- Ozone Transport Commission: http://www.otcair.org/
International
- The European Union: http://europa.eu.int/
- Canada: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/
Other Associations
- American Academy of Dermatology: http://www.aad.org/
- American Contact Dermatitis Society: http://www.contactderm.org/
- Canadian Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association (CCTFA): http://www.cctfa.ca/
- Colipa (the European Trade Association): http://www.colipa.com/
- The Personal Care Products Council (U.S.): http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/
- Look Good, Feel Better Program for Cancer Patients: http://www.lookgoodfeelbetter.org/
- The Cosmetic, Toiletry & Perfumery Association (U.K.): http://www.ctpa.org.uk/
- Consumer Healthcare Products Association: http://www.chpa-info.org/
- The Fragrance Foundation: http://fragrance.org/main.html
- The Soap and Detergent Association: http://www.sdahq.org/
Scientific Links:
- Botanical Dermatology Database:http://bodd.cf.ac.uk/
- Bureau Européen des Unions des Consommateurs: http://www.beuc.org
- CEFIC - European Chemical Industry Council: http://www.cefic.org/Homepage/shwHomepage.asp
- ChemFinder: http://chemfinder.cambridgesof.com/
- Chemical Safety Information from Intergovernmental Organisations (INCHEM): http://www.inchem.org
- Cosmetic Ingredient Review: http://www.cir-safety.org/
- Community Strategy for Endocrine Disruptors: Http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/docum/01262_en.htm
- Online Dermatology Information Service for Healthcare Professionals and Patients: http://dermis.multimedica.de/
- ECETOC: http://www.ecetoc.org/entry/htm
- Environmental Risk Assessment & Management - A Research Partnership of the Detergents & Surfactants Industries in Europe (ERASM):http://www.erasm.org/
- ETAD - The Ecological & Toxicological Association of Dyes & Organic Pigments Manufacturers: http://etad.com
- EUR LEX - The Portal for European Union Law / Official Journals: http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/index.html
- European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods: http://ecvam.jrc.it/index.htm
- ECVAM Scientific Information Service (SIS): http://ecvam-sis.jrc.it/
- European Chemicals Bureau: http://ecb.jrc.it
- European Chemicals Bureau - Testing Methods: http://ecb.jrc.it/testing-methods
- Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments: http://www.frame.org.uk/index.htm
- The Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM) - The National Toxicology Programme (NTP) at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS): http://iccvam.niehs.nih.gov/
- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC): http://www.iarc.fr/
- The International Fragrance Association: http://www.ifraorg.org/
- International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA): http://www.icca-chem.org/
- IVTIP - In Vitro Testing Industrial Platform: http://www.ivtip.org/index.html
- U.S. National Toxicology Program: http;//ntp-server.hiehs.nih.gov/
- Phthalates Information Center: http://www.phthalates.org/
- PubMed - A service of the National Library of Medicine, includes over 14 million citations for biomedical articles dating back to the 1950s: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi
- The Research Institute for Fragrance Materials: http://www.rifm.org/
- Scientific Committee on Cosmetic Products & Non-food Products Intended for Consumers: http://europa.eu.int/comm/health/ph_risk/committees/sccp/sccp_en.html
- Scirus: http://www.scirus.com/
- The Sixth Framework Programme (2002 - 2006): http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/Fp§/index_en.html
- TOXNET: http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/
- US Environmental Protection Agency - Integrated Risk Information System: http://www.epa.gov/iriswebp/iris/index.html
- US National Library of Medicine: http://www.nlm.nih.gov
