Personal Care Products and Human Health
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Personal Care Products and Human Health

  1. 400 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Personal Care Products and Human Health

About this book

Personal Care Products and Human Health provides background, historical context and the latest research results on personal care products (PCPs) and their impact on human health and the environment. Sections provide an overview of the functions and mechanisms of action of components of personal care products, discuss environmental toxicology, outline the problems of contamination of water systems from increasing use of personal care products and the resulting toxicities to aquatic wildlife, and offer chapters written by specialists on different aspects of concern for the effects of excessive personal care product usage on human health. This is a comprehensive reference for toxicologists, environment scientists and those interested in learning about the science behind personal care products and current concerns for environmental and human health. - Provides an overview of the mechanisms of action of components used in personal care products - Reviews environmental contamination arising from increasing use of personal care products - Examines concerns for human health arising from increasing use of personal care products

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Information

Publisher
Academic Press
Year
2023
Print ISBN
9780323996846
eBook ISBN
9780323996853
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Toxicology

Table of contents

  1. Personal Care Products and Human Health
  2. Chapter 1 Introduction to personal care products
  3. Chapter 2 Overview of constituent compounds with concerns for adverse effects on human health
  4. Chapter 3 Nanomaterials
  5. Chapter 4 Cosmeceuticals
  6. Chapter 5 Plant-based ingredients in personal care products
  7. Chapter 6 Water pollution by personal care products
  8. Chapter 7 Human exposure and uptake into human tissues
  9. Chapter 8 Contact dermatitis
  10. Chapter 9 Respiratory irritation and sensitization
  11. Chapter 10 Endocrine disruption
  12. Chapter 11 Early life exposure and developmental consequences
  13. Chapter 12 Development of cancer
  14. Chapter 13 Aluminum and its carcinogenic traits
  15. Chapter 14 Regulatory considerations and public education
  16. Index

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