{"id":1259,"date":"2023-01-27T03:47:18","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T03:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agderma.de\/?page_id=1259"},"modified":"2023-02-24T02:39:50","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T02:39:50","slug":"paraffin-oil-in-cosmetics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/agderma.de\/en\/themen\/paraffine-erdoel-in-kosmetik\/","title":{"rendered":"Paraffins - Petroleum in cosmetics"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Paraffins for personal care, also known as mineral oils, are a by-product of petroleum processing and are formed from unpurified industrial paraffins. Purified paraffins are contained in liquid or solid form in numerous personal care products as binders in creams, ointments, pastes, lotions, cosmetics and other medical products because they have film-forming, protective and water-repellent properties. They dissolve\u00a0No allergies<\/a>\u00a0are very good for the time being\u00a0Compatible<\/a>\u00a0and are\u00a0inexpensive<\/a>.<\/p>

Paraffins harm the environment<\/h3>

Crude paraffins<\/a>\u00a0are extracted in the production of lubricating oil, which is\u00a0Crude oil<\/a>\u00a0distilled or extracted from lignite or bituminous shale as well as peat coal. Paraffin production thus contributes to increasing greenhouse gas emissions worldwide.\u00a0<\/p>

In daily use, they enter the water cycle because they cannot be filtered by sewage treatment plants. They can, however, be\u00a0Bacteria degraded<\/a>\u00a0and do not remain permanently in the environment. The\u00a0Mining time<\/a>\u00a0is unclear.<\/p>

In recent years, large lumps of industrial paraffin have increasingly washed up on beaches, presumably from ship washings from chemical freighters. The discharge of paraffin and paraffin-like substances into the sea has so far been internationally regulated, but not prohibited. The problem is that paraffin lumps are mistaken for food by marine animals and seabirds. Furthermore, since these lumps have a low degree of purity, they contain carcinogenic substances such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (see below MOAH), which can be ingested by bathers and marine animals. The\u00a0Federal Office for Risk Research (BfR)<\/a>\u00a0therefore considers \"a general ban on discharges of such floating substances as paraffin into the North Sea and Baltic Sea to be absolutely necessary\".<\/p>

Discussion of properties that are harmful to health<\/h3>

During the processing of raw paraffin, two other paraffin components are produced in addition to pure paraffin:<\/p>