The Birth of Pobébé

 Our Survey and Research Motivation

(1) The following data is from “Science Daily”(Aug, 10, 2009):
Baby Bathwater Contains Fragrance Allergens
    A group of chemists from the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) has developed a method to quantify the fragrance allergens found in baby bathwater.
The researchers have analyzed real samples and detected up to 15 allergen compounds in cosmetics and personal hygiene products.
    “Applying the method to eight real samples obtained from the daily baths of a series of babies aged between six months and two years old, we discovered the presence of all the compounds under study in at least one of the samples.

(2) By studying the following table，we can find the “Balsam of Peru” and “Fragrance mix” both are synthetic fragrance, the others are preservative. We could realize that the allergens usually are synthetic fragrance and preservative.

(3) This table is 26 kinds of the fragrance allergens that are controlled the usage by European Union’s regulation.

1. Amyl cinnamal (CAS 122-40-7)
2. Anisyl alcohol (CAS No 105-13-5)
3. Benzyl alcohol (CAS No 100-51-6)
4. Benzyl cinnamate (CAS No 103-41-3)
5. Cinnamyl alcohol (CAS No 104-54-1)
6. Farnesol (CAS No 4602-84-0)
7. Citral (CAS No 5392-40-5)
8. 2-(4-tert-Butylbenzyl) propionald-hyd (CAS No 80-54-6)
9. Eugenol (CAS No 97-53-0)
10.Linalool (CAS No 78-70-6) 、11.Hydroxy-citronellal (CAS No 107-75-5) 12.Benzyl benzoate (CAS No 120-51-4)
13. Isoeugenol (CAS No 97-54-1) 14.Citronellol (CAS No 106-22-9)
15. Amylcin-namyl alcohol (CAS No 101-85-9)
16. Hexyl cinnam-aldehyd (CAS No 101-86-0)
17. Benzyl salicylate (CAS No 118-58-1)
18. d-Limonene (CAS No 5989-27-5)
19. Cinnamal (CAS No 104-55-2)
20. Methyl heptin carbonate (CAS No 111-12-6)
21. Coumarin (CAS No 91-64-5)
22. 3-Methyl-4-(2,6,6-tri-methyl-2-cyclohexen-1-yl)-3-buten -2-one(CAS No 127-51-5)
23.Geraniol (CAS No 106-24-1)
24.Oak moss and treemoss extract (CAS No 90028-68-55) 25.Hydroxy-methylpentylcyclohexenecarboxaldehyd (CAS No31906-04-4)
26.Treemoss extract (CAS No 90028-67-4)

Conclusion : From the above data, we could find that the allergens are usually synthetic fragrance, preservative and chemical solvents (solvents could be find in fragrance: DEP or Dipropylene Glycol) within the daily baths of babies, cosmetics and personal hygiene products.

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