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The fragrance facts, graded

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Green, natural and unscented / Measured in people or real products

Scented tampons carried a median of 692 ng/g of fragrance terpenes against 2.9 ng/g in unscented ones.

Weak evidence: Only 2 scented vs 20 unscented tampons (p=0.04).

Source: Lin 2020, Environment International Link to this fact

Green, natural and unscented / Government agency

Under EU/UK law, a 'free from [substance]' cosmetic claim about a substance already banned for all EU cosmetics would appear to fall under the rule barring claims that dress up mere legal compliance as a special product benefit.

Weak evidence.

Caveats

This is our own reading of the regulation's general Criterion 1(3) applied to 'free from' wording, not a quotation naming that claim type, and no enforcement decision confirming this application was found.

Source: Commission Regulation (EU) No 655/2013 Link to this fact

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