The Beast of Beauty: Environmental and Health Concerns of Toxic Components in Cosmetics

Cosmetic products are used in large quantities across the world. An increasing number of chemical compounds are being added to the formulation of cosmetic products as additives, fragrances, preservatives, stabilizers, surfactants, dye and shine to potentiate their quality, property and shelf life. Owing to their widespread use, active residues of cosmetic products are continuously introduced into the environment in several ways. Many of these chemicals are bioactive and are characterized by potential bioaccumulation ability and environmental persistence, thus exerting a major risk to humans and the health of ecosystems. Hence, the indiscriminate consumption of cosmetics may present a looming issue with significant adverse impacts on public health. This review intends to spotlight a current overview of toxic ingredients used in formulating cosmetics such as parabens, triclosan, benzalkonium chloride, 1,4-dioxane, plastic microbeads, formaldehyde, diazolidinyl urea, imidazolidinyl urea, sunscreen elements (organic and inorganic UV filters) and trace metals. Specific focus is given to illustrate the biological risks of these substances on human health and aquatic system in terms of genotoxicity, cytotoxicity, neurotoxicity mutagenicity, and estrogenicity. In addition to conclusive remarks, future directions are also suggested.

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Cosmetics and its Health Risks

Global Journal of Medical Research ◽

10.34257/gjmrbvol18is2pg63 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 63-70 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Jonathas Xavier Pereira ◽

Thais Canuto Pereira

Keyword(s):

Health Risks ◽

Chemical Exposure ◽

Toxic Substances ◽

Cosmetic Products ◽

Production And Consumption ◽

The World ◽

New Methodologies ◽

Health Complications ◽

Toxic Chemical Substances ◽

Quality Property

The use of cosmetic products is increasing around the world and a variety of chemical compounds used in the manufacture of these products grows at the same time. In this way, the risk of intoxication, allergic processes, prolonged chemical exposure, side effects and indiscriminate use are also increased. The present work aims to highlight the biological risks that cosmetics can pose to human health against the toxic substances used in its formulation. This work is an integrative literature review structured according to the methodology described by Whittemore, R. and Knafl, K., 2005. This work relates the main toxic chemical substances present in cosmetic products to the possible health complications reported in the scientific literature. Currently, the cosmetic industries have increased the use of compounds with preservative action, surfactant, fragrances, stains, etc. in the formulation of cosmetic products. Such substances potentiate the quality, property and shelf life of cosmetics, but on the other hand, many of these substances are toxic to the human body, presenting health risks ranging from a simple mild hypersensitivity reaction to an anaphylactic process or even a lethal intoxication. Thus, the indiscriminate use of cosmetics may present itself as an emerging issue of public health. In view of the above, this work seeks to encourage improvements in the search for new methodologies for quality control in the production and consumption of cosmetic products around the world.

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Feature extraction and prediction of Dengue Outbreaks

International Journal of Scientific Research in Computer Science Engineering and Information Technology ◽

10.32628/cseit206544 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 216-222

Author(s):

Kunal Parikh ◽

Tanvi Makadia ◽

Harshil Patel

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Machine Learning ◽

Developing Countries ◽

Feature Extraction ◽

Predictive Analytics ◽

Learning Algorithm ◽

Machine Learning Algorithm ◽

Health Concerns ◽

The World ◽

Dengue Outbreaks

Dengue is unquestionably one of the biggest health concerns in India and for many other developing countries. Unfortunately, many people have lost their lives because of it. Every year, approximately 390 million dengue infections occur around the world among which 500,000 people are seriously infected and 25,000 people have died annually. Many factors could cause dengue such as temperature, humidity, precipitation, inadequate public health, and many others. In this paper, we are proposing a method to perform predictive analytics on dengue’s dataset using KNN: a machine-learning algorithm. This analysis would help in the prediction of future cases and we could save the lives of many.

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PERSPECTIVE DEVELOPMENT OF WORLD PRODUCTION OF FEEDS FOR AQUACULTURE: ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF RAW MATERIALS

VESTNIK OF ASTRAKHAN STATE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY SERIES FISHING INDUSTRY ◽

10.24143/2073-5529-2017-1-67-78 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 67-78

Author(s):

Lina Yurievna Lagutkina

Keyword(s):

Raw Materials ◽

Limiting Factors ◽

Current Status ◽

Feed Production ◽

The World ◽

Market Trends ◽

Alternative Sources ◽

World Industry ◽

First Time ◽

A Current

The author of the article discloses the prospects of development of the world feed production for aquaculture based on the analysis of key innovative technological and market trends. The author specifies that shortage, high cost, low ecological compatibility of traditional raw materials - fish flour - are among major limiting factors in the development of production of feeds for aquaculture. This fact, in turn, limits sustainable development of aquaculture both in Russia, and in the world in general. The article presents the overview of a current status of the world industry of feed production in aquaculture, where the regional situation is studied, as well. For the first time, there is given the outlook of innovative technologies in feed production based on the alternative sources of protein (on the example of projects of leading aquabiotechnological companies) which will determine industry’s objectives for the mid-term perspective.

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Possible preventive measures against the spread of COVID-19- A Review article

International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences ◽

10.26452/ijrps.v11ispl1.2823 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (SPL1) ◽

pp. 475-481

Author(s):

Jotheeswari P ◽

Yuvaraj M ◽

Balaji K ◽

Gunapriya Raghunath ◽

Kumaresan M

Keyword(s):

Preventive Measures ◽

Antiviral Drug ◽

Preventive Measure ◽

Thought Process ◽

Precautionary Measure ◽

Online Tools ◽

The World ◽

Base Of Support ◽

A Current ◽

Pharmaceutical Interventions

COVID-19 is a current sensational and dangerous threat that affects millions of people across the world. As the day progresses the rate of growth of COVID-19 drastically increases. No vaccine or specific antiviral drug are active against corona, therefore, preventing the exposure to the virus is the base of support against its spread across the world. Despite the implementation of preventive measures, the rate of virus-infected cases progressively increases which stimulates our thought process to raise a question, whether the preventive measures that we follow are effective against the spread of COVID-19 infection. Evidence from previous literature obtained from various online tools implies multiple preventive measures that should be followed and also illustrates their mechanism of action against the active spread of COVID-19 infection. According to the results from the evidence, we can identify the gold standard preventive measure among the described preventive measures. The precautionary measure encompasses both pharmaceutical interventions and non- pharmaceutical interventions among which non-pharmaceutical measures are superior in the prevention of the developing pandemic. Among the non-pharmaceutical interventions, social distancing is the paramount to other measures in the mitigation of the spread of viral infection.

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Future Directions in International Science Education

Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad ◽

10.36366/frontiers.v3i1.58 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 233-239 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Patrick Holmes

Keyword(s):

Science Education ◽

Engineering Education ◽

Science And Engineering ◽

Future Directions ◽

International Dimension ◽

The World ◽

Scientists And Engineers ◽

Science And Engineering Education

The international dimension of science and engineering education is of paramount importance and merits serious consideration of the coherent skill set that is required to allow scientists and engineers more readily to transport themselves and their work to other locations in the world.

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Wellbeing Literacy: A Capability Model for Wellbeing Science and Practice

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18020719 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (2) ◽

pp. 719 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Lindsay G. Oades ◽

Aaron Jarden ◽

Hanchao Hou ◽

Corina Ozturk ◽

Paige Williams ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Scientific Investigation ◽

National Accounts ◽

Future Directions ◽

New Model ◽

The World ◽

Significant Interest ◽

Antecedents And Consequences ◽

Literacy Research

Wellbeing science is the scientific investigation of wellbeing, its’ antecedents and consequences. Alongside growth of wellbeing science is significant interest in wellbeing interventions at individual, organizational and population levels, including measurement of national accounts of wellbeing. In this concept paper, we propose the capability model of wellbeing literacy as a new model for wellbeing science and practice. Wellbeing literacy is defined as a capability to comprehend and compose wellbeing language, across contexts, with the intention of using such language to maintain or improve the wellbeing of oneself, others or the world. Wellbeing literacy is underpinned by a capability model (i.e., what someone is able to be and do), and is based on constructivist (i.e., language shapes reality) and contextualist (i.e., words have different meanings in different contexts) epistemologies. The proposed capability model of wellbeing literacy adds to wellbeing science by providing a tangible way to assess mechanisms learned from wellbeing interventions. Moreover, it provides a framework for practitioners to understand and plan wellbeing communications. Workplaces and families as examples are discussed as relevant contexts for application of wellbeing literacy, and future directions for wellbeing literacy research are outlined.

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Cell-free riboswitches

RSC Chemical Biology ◽

10.1039/d1cb00138h ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Takeshi Tabuchi ◽

Yohei Yokobayashi

Keyword(s):

Protein Synthesis ◽

The State ◽

Future Directions ◽

Free Protein ◽

Current Perspective ◽

Gene Switches ◽

A Current ◽

Cell Free Protein Synthesis

Synthetic riboswitches can be used as chemical gene switches in cell-free protein synthesis systems. We provide a current perspective on the state of cell-free riboswitch technologies and their future directions.

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Future trajectories of festival research

Tourist Studies ◽

10.1177/1468797621992933 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 146879762199293

Author(s):

Michelle Duffy ◽

Judith Mair

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Daily Life ◽

Theory Development ◽

Departure Point ◽

Future Directions ◽

Tourism Research ◽

Sense Of Purpose ◽

Recent Scholarship ◽

The World

In their editorial for the first issue of Tourist Studies, Adrian Franklin and Mike Crang made us aware that tourism research had shifted to an exploration of the extraordinary everyday where ‘more or less everyone now lives in a world rendered or reconfigured as interesting, entertaining and attractive – for tourists’. From our standpoint 20 years later, we suggest this particular departure point has important insights to offer our understanding of a quintessential tourism event, that of the festival, which now intervenes in daily life in all manner of ways. In this commentary, we present a reflective commentary on recent scholarship that advocates for more rigour in festival studies, with greater theory development and testing within the festival context, and how this work is suggestive of future directions for festival research. We present several areas that are ripe for further research, particularly given the tumultuous nature of the world we are living in, such as the challenges of climate change and how we might socialise in a post-Covid world. Much has changed in the 20 years since the inception of Tourist Studies, but festivals remain resilient – they will re-emerge in future, perhaps not unscathed but with a renewed sense of purpose.

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