Final Opinions:

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER SAFETY (SCCS)

Final Opinion on hair dye Indigofera tinctoria (C170) CAS 84775-63-3 - Submission III
Adopted on 3 April 2020

Final Opinion on the safety of aluminium in cosmetic products - Submission II
Adopted on 03-04 March 2020

Final Opinion on Zinc Pyrithione (ZPT) - Submission III
Adopted on 03-04 March 2020

Final Opinion on Dihydroxyacetone - DHA (1,3-Dihydroxy-2-propanone) CAS No. 96-26-4
Adopted on 03-04 March 2020

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL AND EMERGING RISKS (SCHEER)

Final Opinion on the potential for anaerobic biodegradability in marine and freshwater of Linear Alkylbenzene Sulphonates (LAS)
Adopted on 18 June 2020

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SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER SAFETY (SCCS)

Hair dyes

Request for a scientific Opinion on the hair dye Acid Yellow 3 [mixture of the disodium salts of the mono- and disulfonic acids of 2-(2- quinolyl)-1H-indene-1,3(2H)-dione] (CAS No 8004-92-0, EC No 305-897-5)

Request for a scientific Opinion on Resorcinol

Nanomaterial in cosmetic ingredients

Request for a scientific advice on the safety of nanomaterials in cosmetics

Preservatives

Request for a scientific Opinion on Propylparaben

UV filters

Request for a scientific Opinion on Benzophenone-3

Request for a scientific Opinion on Homosalate

Request for a scientific Opinion on Octocrylene

Other

Request for a scientific Opinion on Titanium dioxide (TiO2) (CAS/EC numbers 13463-67- 7/236-675-5, 1317-70-0/215-280-1, 1317-80-2/215-282-2) used in cosmetic products

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SCCS - PLENARY MEETINGS

13th plenary meeting, Luxembourg, 09-10 June 2020

12th plenary meeting, Luxembourg, 03-04 March 2020

Read the agendas and minutes from the recent SCCS Plenary Meetings

SCHEER - PLENARY MEETINGS

15th Plenary meeting, Luxembourg, 18 June 2020

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SCCS WORKING GROUPS

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SCHEER WORKING GROUPS

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Science factsheets

The SCCS Guidance on the safety assessment of nanomaterials in cosmetics
now also available in French, German, Spanish and Italian

Toxicology, Volume 436, 30 April 2020, 152421
The way forward for assessing the human health safety of cosmetics in the EU - Workshop proceedings.