Examples of using Kathon in English and their translations into Danish
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Two series of products contain Kathon- one series of five products and one series of two products.
The risk assessment showed that there generally is no risk associated with the products concerning their content of Kathon and benzyl alcohol.
Earlier a health assessment of Kathon in Environmental Project No. 615 from the Danish Environmental Protection Agency 2001 has been conducted.
The analyses of the 11 products for Kathon showed that none of the products exceeded the permissible content of 15 mg/kg.
It proved that three products had a content of kathon despite the fact that it is not declared on the product.
In a report dated 15 July 1985 the scientific committee on cosmetics issued a favourable opinion on the use of Kathon CG.
In similar long-term tests with rats only a slight gastric irritation for the Kathon mixture is seen(Kathon 886) Rohm and Haas, 2000c; CIRP 1992.
The applied NOAEL value is identified for Kathon in the health assessment in section 6.3.2, i.e. for the mixture MI/CMI.
It is unknown whether the Kathon responses are due to inhalation or skin contact with Kathon in the air The weekly journal of the Danish Medical Association, 2002.
Today Kathon is permitted in a maximum concentration of 15 ppm
In general, there is no health risk by using the analyzed products in relation to the content of Kathon and benzyl alcohol respectively.
carcinogenic impacts of Kathon are found in the relatively few tests which are referred in the literature CIRP, 1992.
However, it must be emphazised that the risk assessment is solely based on the content of either Kathon or benzyl alcohol in the analyzed products.
When Kathon is applied in the CMI/MI ratio 3:1 in cosmetic products it is also this mixture that is primarily assessed in the health assessment.
In the table below the physical chemical properties of Kathon are summarized.
Margin of Safety for Kathon when using body lotion on a three-year-old child will be.
The applied NOAEL value is identified for Kathon in the health assessment in section 6.3.2, i.e.
In the table below the daily exposure(SED) for Kathon is stated for the different product types.
The risk assessment is conducted for the critical effect of Kathon which at acute toxicity is ataxia and serious stomach irritation.
Suggests that the value is of the sold product Kathon CG and is not calculated for the total content of CMI/MI.