I notice that some Niks products still contain parabens. Do you have a plan to phase out these harmful ingredients?
You have been a victim of one of those many commercially-motivated rumours circulating on the Internet and via emails. Parabens are absolutely safe when used within the approved concentrations (which, of course, we do). After receiving queries from consumers, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched a detailed study in 2006 and concluded: “FDA believes that at the present time there is no reason for consumers to be concerned about the use of cosmetics containing parabens.” (see www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/cos-para.html for full FDA statement.) The European Union (EU) Scientific Committee on Consumer Products (SCCP) investigated the allegation in depth in 2005 and concluded unanimously that parabens are safe within the approved concentrations (see ec.europa.eu/health/ph_risk/committees/04_sccp/docs/sccp_o_019.pdf for the full report.) Both the FDA and SCCP examined the several “studies” said to have proven parabens’ harm and concluded that these are biased, ill-designed, inadequate
You have been a victim of one of those many commercially-motivated rumours circulating on the Internet and via emails. Parabens are absolutely safe when used within the approved concentrations (which, of course, we do). After receiving queries from consumers, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched a detailed study in 2006 and concluded: “FDA believes that at the present time there is no reason for consumers to be concerned about the use of cosmetics containing parabens.” (see www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/cos-para.html for full FDA statement.) The European Union (EU) Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) investigated the allegation in depth in 2010 and concluded unanimously that parabens are safe within the approved concentrations (see http://ec.europa.eu/health/scientific_committees/consumer_safety/docs/sccs_o_041.pdf for the full report.) Both the FDA and SCCS examined the several “studies” said to have proven parabens’ harm and concluded that these are biased, ill-desi
