{"content":[{"text":"BCPP Red List Technical Guidance \n Last updated May 2020","bbox":{"left":0.194177,"top":0.112292,"width":0.611642,"height":0.051486000000000004}},{"text":"Unless otherwise noted below, the chemicals on the Red List should not be used in \n personal care products, cleaning products or in fragrance. Some of the chemicals, \n however, can be used with restrictions. Some are also potential contaminants of \n intentionally added ingredients. These contaminants are detailed below, with \n information about testing recommendations.","bbox":{"left":0.088235,"top":0.184803,"width":0.810401,"height":0.09168199999999999}},{"text":"Aloe Vera \n CAS # 85507-69-3 \n Aloe Vera leaf extract is a possible carcinogen according to IARC. This refers \n specifically to whole leaf extract, which includes the aloe vera gel, leaf pulp (the layer \n just inside the green rind), and the latex which runs through tubes in the leaf pulp. \n These studies only assessed oral ingestion; and no studies have looked at skin \n absorption. https://monographs.iarc.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/mono108-01.pdf. \n Aloe Vera should not be used in products that are ingested but can otherwise be \n used.","bbox":{"left":0.088235,"top":0.293963,"width":0.821706,"height":0.16438600000000003}},{"text":"Antimony \n CAS # 7440-36-0 \n Short-term effects in humans include irritation of the eyes and lungs and can cause \n heart and lung problems and a variety of other adverse health effects. Animal studies \n have shown increased incidence of lung cancer in rats that breathed high levels of \n antimony. We recommend testing finished products with a limit of detection of 5 ppm \n or better.","bbox":{"left":0.088235,"top":0.475781,"width":0.819569,"height":0.12802200000000008}},{"text":"Arsenic \n CAS # 7440-38-2 \n Arsenic is listed as carcinogenic to humans by IARC and the NTP. We recommend \n testing finished products with a limit of detection of 1 ppm or better. We recommend \n that companies using colorants source from suppliers who can certify it is not \n contaminated by heavy metals.","bbox":{"left":0.088235,"top":0.621236,"width":0.808013,"height":0.10984000000000005}},{"text":"Benzophenone \n CAS # 119-61-9 \n Benzophenone is persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT). It is linked to endocrine \n disruption and organ system toxicity, and listed as a possible human carcinogen by \n California’s Proposition 65. To comply with the red list, manufacturers should not \n intentionally add benzophenone as an ingredient; we recommend titanium dioxide \n or zinc oxide as mineral-based UV filters in non-inhalable forms.","bbox":{"left":0.088235,"top":0.748509,"width":0.816621,"height":0.12802100000000005}}],"images_bbox":[{"left":0.357149,"top":0.045455,"width":0.28551,"height":0.059975}],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[{"left":0.357149,"top":0.045455,"width":0.28551,"height":0.059975}]}