Human health and environmental risk assessment of chemicals in daily use-Safety assessment of alkyl amidopropyl betaine in consideration of using consumer product-

Abstract

Although amidopropyl betaine (APB) is a major amphoteric surfactant, risk assessment is not enough because of lacking detailed usage information of consumer products and environmental fate data.

In this study, we investigated usage scenario and concentration in products. And we also studied a half-life of biodegradation in surface river water, key data for environmental fate. Utilizing those information, human exposure level and predicted environmental concentration were calculated less than the no-effect level. Therefore, we concluded that APB is safe as currently used in consumer products.