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. 2023 Dec;42(3_suppl):61S-73S.
doi: 10.1177/10915818231204572. Epub 2023 Oct 4.

Methacrylate Ester Monomers

Wilbur Johnson Jr  1 , Wilma F Bergfeld  2 , Donald V Belsito  2 , David E Cohen  2 , Curtis D Klaassen  2 , Daniel C Liebler  3 , James G Marks  3 , Lisa A Peterson  3 , Ronald C Shank  3 , Thomas J Slaga  2 , Paul W Snyder  2 , Monice Fiume  4 , Bart Heldreth  5
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Methacrylate Ester Monomers

Wilbur Johnson Jr et al. Int J Toxicol. 2023 Dec.

Abstract

The Expert Panel for Cosmetic Ingredient Safety reviewed newly available studies since their original assessment in 2005, along with updated information regarding product types and concentrations of use, and confirmed that these 22 methacrylate ester monomers are safe as used in nail enhancement products in the practices of use and concentration as described in this report, when skin contact is avoided.

Keywords: 2-Ethoxy Ethoxy Ethyl Methacrylate; Bis(Glyceryl Dimethacrylate); Butyl Methacrylate; Butylcarbamoethyl Methacrylate (Formerly Urethane Methacrylate); Cosmetics; Cyclohexylmethacrylate (Formerly Cyclohexyl Methacrylate); Di-HEMA Trimethylhexyl Dicarbamate; Ethoxyethyl Methacrylate; Glycol Dimethacrylate (Formerly Ethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate); HEMA (2-Hydroxyethyl Methacrylate); HEMA Acetoacetate (Formerly Hydroxyethylmethacrylate Acetoacetate); Hexyl Methacrylate; Hydroxypropyl Meth Acrylate; Isobutyl Methacrylate; Isopropylidenediphenyl Bisoxyhydroxypropyl Methacrylate (Formerly Isopropylidenediphenyl Bisglycidyl Methacrylate); Lauryl Methacrylate; Methoxydiglycol Methacrylate; PEG-4 Dimethacrylate; Pyromellitate (formerly Pyromellitic Glycidyl Dimethacrylate); Safety; Tetrahydrofurfuryl Methacrylate; Triethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate; Trimethylolpropane Trimethacrylate; t-Butyl Methacrylate.

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Declaration of Conflicting InterestThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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