A sensitive method for the analysis of eight compounds in
cosmetic creams with insufficient toxicological information showing
good reproducibility and accuracy has been demonstrated.
Parabens were present in all the cosmetic creams tested in this
project with some showing alarmingly high concentrations illustrating
their prevalence in cosmetic products. In our opinion,
current safe amounts do not account for the daily usage of cosmetics
and should promptly be assessed by health agencies. A PCA
model was constructed to test samples and it showed that creams
with a high number of these compounds clustered near prepared
quality control samples.