In the cosmetics and personal care world zinc oxide is best known as one of the most effective sunscreen ingredients, but new research points to highly effective anti-bacterial applications.
Nanophase Technologies Corporation, a company specializing in nanomaterials and advanced nano-engineered products, has furthered its expansion into the cosmetics realm with the development of a new, larger size Zinc Oxide product (LSA).
Nanoparticles commonly contained in zinc oxide sunscreen formulations could prove potentially toxic if inadvertently taken orally, a peer reviewed report claims.
Ingredients manufacturer Kobo has launched a range of titanium dioxide and zinc oxide UV filters for use in sunscreens that are outside the nanoparticle range.
Eight lobby groups in the US have combined to petition the USFDA
into tightening regulations over nanotechnology-based ingredients
contained in sunscreens and other cosmetics products.
Applied NanoWorks has launched Pinnacle Zinc Oxide, a formulation
that is claimed to provide increased transparency of an ingredient
that often causes white streaking when used in topical cosmetic
applications, reports Simon Pitman.
