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Position papers:

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• Synthetic Amorphous Silica and Silicate Industry Association (SASSI) References:

 

•  Cosmetic Ingredient Review: Comment Letters

  • CIR: Safety Assessment of Silica, Alumina Magnesium Metasilicate, Aluminum Calcium Sodium Silicate, Aluminum Iron Silicates, Hydrated Silica, And Sodium Potassium Aluminum Silicate 090323

  • CIR: Safety Assessment of Silica and Related Cosmetic Ingredients-Final 090925

  • SASSI Comment Letter to CIR: 101115

  • SASSI Comment Letter to CIR: 110224

  • SASSI Comment Letter to CIR: 110831

  • CIR: Safety Assessment of Silylates and Surface-Modified Siloxysilicates: IJT 2013

  • CIR: Amended Safety Assessment of Silica and Silicates as Used in Cosmetics 181109

  • CIR: Amended Safety Assessment of Synthetically-Manufactured Amorphous Silica and Hydrated Silica as Used in Cosmetics191007

  • SASSI Comment Letter to CIR: 190531

  • SASSI Comment Letter to CIR: 190912

  • SASSI Comment Letter to CIR: 190815

  • CIR: Amended Safety Assessment of Silicates as Used in Cosmetics 200821

  • SASSI Comment Letter to CIR: 201201

• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) Documents and Comment Letters:

  • SASSI Comment Letter to HHS: 150622​

  • SASSI Comment Letter to HHS: 170911

  • ATSDR Toxicological Profile for Silica: September 2019

• American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH):

  • ACGIH Letter to SASSI: 110720

  • SASSI Comment Letter to ACGIH: 110729

  • ACGIH Letter to SASSI: 150130

  • SASSI Letter to ACGIH: 150531

  • ACGIH Letter to SASSI: 160201

• OSHA: OSHA’s New Respirable Crystalline Silica Rule Does Not Apply to Synthetic Amorphous Silica; March 30, 2016

 

Publications of interest

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• Synthetic Amorphous Silica and Silicate Industry Association (SASSI) References:

  • European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals (ECETOC) Joint Assessment of Commodity Chemicals (JACC) Report No. 51: Synthetic Amorphous Silica (CAS No. 7631-86-9)

  • EPA Nanoscale Materials Stewardship Program (NMSP) Voluntary Submittal PackageforSynthetic Amorphous Silica (CAS No. 7631-86-9), July 25, 2008

  • The toxicological mode of action and the safety of synthetic amorphous silica—A
    nanostructured material, Claudia Fruijtier-Pölloth, Toxicology294 (2012) 61– 79

  • The safety of nanostructured synthetic amorphous silica (SAS)as a food additive (E 551),
    Claudia Fruijtier‑Pölloth, Arch Toxicol (2016) 90:2885–2916

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