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Evidence-based articles tagged “ingredient-safety”, with supporting research and authority sources.
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What Does a "Restricted" Ingredient Actually Mean?A "restricted" cosmetic ingredient almost never means banned — it means a concentration or pH rule, and 2,304 products in our catalog carry one, most for ordinary actives like citric acid.
Why Does Health Canada Restrict MIT and MCI Preservatives?Health Canada caps methylisothiazolinone and methylchloroisothiazolinone by concentration and product type rather than banning them — a rule built on a documented, multi-country rise in contact allergy that several independent research groups called an "epidemic."