
Editor’s note: Cosmetics & Toiletries is excited to welcome New Columnist Bart Heldreth, Ph.D., executive director of the Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR), to its regular lineup. His expertise will raise the bar on ingredient insight; not only by sharing official CIR Expert Panel conclusions, but by also providing context for those rulings. This month, he shares the panel’s (unsurprising) determination that parabens are safe in cosmetics. See below for initial findings; click through to the digital edition for additional context.