Anti-pollution beyond uv protection?
A brief review of anti-pollution in skin-care

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ANDREA MITAROTONDA
Neal’s Yard Remedies, Peacemarsh, UK-SP8 4EU, Gillimgham, Dorset, United Kingdom

Anti-pollution seems to have become the new buzz word in the cosmetic industry.

 

Pollution and the damages it can cause on the skin find extensive coverage at all major cosmetic events.

During last April’s In-Cosmetics, most Manufacturers of cosmetic ingredients were offering solutions against pollutio Anti-pollution seems to have become the new buzz word in the cosmetic industry.

 

Pollution and the damages it can cause on the skin find extensive coverage at all major cosmetic events.

During last April’s In-Cosmetics, most Manufacturers of cosmetic ingredients were offering solutions against pollution.

 

More recently, thorough discussions on this topic have taken place during the “Anti-Ageing Skin Care Conference” (London, June 2016) and the “In-Cosmetics Formulation Summit (London, October 2016)

 

WHAT IS POLLUTION?

A broad and user-friendly definition of pollution can be found on the Merriam-Webster Dictionary: “pollution is the action or process of making land, water, air, etc., dirty and not safe or suitable to use”.

 

This implies ...