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16.03.2015

Article in the magazine 'Noticias de Cosmética y Perfumería'

Dr. Jordi Díaz, responsible of SPM nanobioscience techniques Technology of the CCiTUB, along with Miriam Belloc Santaliestra, General Subdirector of health and safety of Generalitat de Catalunya and Dr. Gerard Oncins, former technician of the CCiTUB, published the paper 'Reglamentación en nanocosmética: un paso hacia el futuro de la nanocaracterización', in the magazine 'NCP-Noticias de Cosmética y Perfumería ' de la 'Sociedad Española de Químicos Cosméticos'.

Nanotechnology and nanomaterials, as an important part of the world of cosmetics and development, are already present in many commercial products. The Regulation (CE) No 1223/2009 of the European parliament (Council of 30 November 2009) on cosmetic products made mandatory a report about the cosmetic products safety before introducing such products on the market.

This paper provides an insight into the world of nanomaterials applied to cosmetics and explains how to fill the nanosafety file, the instrumental techniques necessaries to perform the measures associated to any experiment and the advantages and disadvantages of each technique.