Abstract:

Objective To explore the method of health risk assessment for heavy metals in cosmetics and to understand the situation of the toxic heavy metals pollution in cosmetics of beauty and hairdressing salons,and to clarify the pollution causes and its potential health risks. Methods 27 beauty and hairdressing salons were randomly sampled from a city in Gansu province (11 beauty salons and 16 hairdressing salons).The 18 samples of whitening cream,the 13 samples of lip gloss,the 14 samples of hair agent and the 16 samples of shampoo were selected from the 27 beauty and hairdressing salons,the total sample size was 61.The atomic fluorescence spectrometer and atomic absorption spectrometer methods were used to detect the contents of As,Pb,Hg and Cd in cosmetics,and the pollution levels were compared between the current standard and new standard.The health risk assessment models were employed to assess the health risk of those unqualified cosmetics. Results The average contents of As,Pb,Hg and Cd in 61 samples were all below the current allowable limit,and the average contents of Pb in the samples of whitening cream,the hair agent and the shampoo exceeded the new allowable limit.The pollution levels were slight-pollution for most of unqualified cosmetics.The results of health risk assessment showed that all of the cosmetics were security. Conclusion On the whole,the qualities of cosmetics that are used in beauty and hairdressing salon are qualified,but they still don't match the new standard well,and there are still a few of cosmetics unqualified.

Key words: cosmetic, heavy metals, health risk assessment