How safe is a bright smile?
Brussels, 4 April 2007. The use of tooth whiteners containing up to 0.1% hydrogen peroxide is safe. This is one of the conclusions of an opinion issued by the European Commission Scientific Committee on Consumer Products (SCCP). The Opinion on Hydrogen Peroxide in Tooth Whitening Products assesses whether tooth whitening products containing up to 6% hydrogen peroxide are safe and if they should be freely and directly available to consumers. At the request of the European Commission DG Health and Consumer Protection, GreenFacts has faithfully summarised this opinion on hydrogen peroxide. A short summary of the opinion was published today on http://copublications.greenfacts.org/en/tooth-whiteners/ in English, French, German, and Spanish. The full summary is available in GreenFacts’ copyrighted Three-Level Structure of increasing detail on the website of the DG Health and Consumer Protection: http://ec.europa.eu/health/opinions/en/tooth-whiteners/. Highlights of the SCCP Opinion Hydrogen