Health Canada has revised its hotlist of cosmetic ingredients. The September 2009 Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist replaces the March 2007 version.

Several entries were modified, mostly for clarification, and five entries were added:

 Cyanoacrylate-based adhesives. This ingredient has been added as a restriction due to safety concerns with products with quick skin bonding properties.
 Diethylene glycol (DEG) (111-46-6). This ingredient has been added as a restriction due to toxicity concerns.
 Diethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) (117-81-7). This ingredient has been added as a prohibition to reflect a declaration of ’toxic’ under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act due to health concerns.
 Glycerin (56-81-5). This ingredient has been added as a restriction due to possible contamination of diethylene glycol (DEG) in glycerin.
 1-Naphthol (90-15-3), and its salts. This ingredient has been added as a restriction due to risk of sensitization.

Health Canada has developed the hotlist - a list of substances that are restricted and prohibited in cosmetics to help cosmetic manufacturers satisfy the requirements for sale of a cosmetic. The hotlist is reviewed and updated a few times per year as new scientific data becomes available.

Click on the image here below to retrieve the September 2009 Hotlist:

Hotlist September 2009