The most comprehensive and up-to-date compilation of data on every ultraviolet filter approved for sunscreen use worldwide. All UV filters approved in the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan, China, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and South America are included. This manual includes descriptions of the three types of ultraviolet filters: organic UV absorbers, inorganic particulates and organic particulates. INCI names, USAN names, chemical and common names are cross-referenced in a handy guide. Suppliers, trade names and their addresses are included also.
The Encyclopedia of Ultraviolet Filters also will review the current status and recent developments in the sunscreen and the ultraviolet filters industry. Updated worldwide regulations on more than 50 ultraviolet filters in use today, including:
Quality control and testing procedures
Sample MSDS’s
Certificates of analysis
Specifications sheets
Chemical structures
Spectroscopic data
UV absorbance (UVA, UVB or both)
Maximum absorbance
Extinction coefficients
If you have questions about this book, please email Marie Kuta at mkuta@allured.com.
Reviews:
Dr. Nadim Shaath's book comes at an ideal time period to provide valuable information to scientists, regulatory affairs personnel and marketers in our field.This encyclopedia is a 'must' read book. It belongs on the shelves of anyone even remotely interested in sunscreens or cosmetics.
-Ismail Walele, Research Manager: Synthesis, Croda Inc.
Review by Julian P. Hewitt, Croda Chemicals Europe, United Kingdom & Johann W. Wiechers, JW Solutions, The Netherlands.: While summer is almost over on the northern hemisphere, spring is approaching on the southern hemisphere, which suggests that it is always a good time of the year to review a new book on ultraviolet filters. A somewhat unusual book, The Encyclopedia of Ultraviolet Filters by Nadim Shaath, Ph.D., is a mixture of normal text and monograph type. As the most comprehensive and up-to-date compilation of data on every ultraviolet filter approved for sunscreen use worldwide, it is therefore a mixture of a textbook and a reference book...Read more