The trend of using cosmetic products are boosting up at a faster rate. Cosmetic products may have various forms, application and usage conditions and the metals found in them can cause local skin problems but even systemic effects after skin or consumption has been absorbed by them. Even small quantities of present heavy metals just cannot be ignored, as cosmetics are worn for a long time. As the prevalence of metals in the environment and their natural occurrence in rocks, soil, water and plants render them present in the production of pigments and other raw materials used in the beauty industry. The use of pesticides can be the reason for the presence of these metals and sometimes there can be leach out of metals like lead, aluminum from the instrument or equipment used during the manufacturing process. Close monitoring of heavy metals and chemicals used in the process of production as in many countries, cosmetics do not have any clear acceptable limit for such heavy metals. Various analytical test was performed, testing the quantitative amount of these toxic heavy metals through atomic absorption spectroscopy. The result shows that the cosmetic sample contains an excessive higher amount of toxic metals in various marketed formulations in different countries.
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