CERTICHEM INC — Department of Health and Human Services SBIR Phase I: ? DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Personal care products (PCPs) are non-prescript
CERTICHEM INC — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Health and Human Services.
- Amount
- $150,955
- Agency
- Department of Health and Human Services · National Institutes of Health
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Solicitation
- PA14-071
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- TX
- Period
- —
Description
? DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Personal care products (PCPs) are non-prescription products applied to the body (e.g., hair colorants, shampoos, conditioners, skin lotions, deodorants, suntan lotions, lipstick, makeups, nail polishes, etc.). Daily, the average consumer uses 10 cosmetic products, totaling 126 ingredients, most not listed on the label. Peer- reviewed papers report that ingestion or absorption of chemicals having estrogenic and/or androgenic activity (EA**/AnA**) by mammals (including humans) can possibly cause various adverse health effects including uterine dysfunction, higher rates of some cancers, reduced sperm count, and abnormal brain maturation, disorders of attention, motivation, emotion, cognitive development, and changes inaggressive behavior and sexual orientation. These adverse effects may sometimes occur at very low (picomolar to nanomolar) concentrations, especially on fetal or developing mammals. CertiChem's (CCi's) peer-reviewed papers and preliminary data show that P