Background of the Fabrication of Japan's First Lead-free White Powder and the Pharmacologists Who Certified Its Harmlessness

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  • Takakiwa Manami
    Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science Archives Kitasato University Oriental Medicine Research Center

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  • 日本初の無鉛白粉作製の背景とその無害証明に関わった薬学者たち

Abstract

An existing leaflet of the first lead-free powder, Misono Oshiroi, shows that the harmlessness of the white powder was certified by Junichiro Shimoyama and Yoshizumi Tahara. This study investigated the history of this white powder and the background of fabrication of lead-free white powder in Japan. Lead was imported from China to Japan around the middle of 5th century, and from then on, it was used as the material for white powder. Lead poisoning caused by white powder containing lead had become a problem and the Home Ministry issued the Control Law in 1900. Misono Oshiroi is the first lead-free white powder in Japan that was produced when the safety of cosmetics became required. The harmlessness of this product was certified by three pharmacologists. This is the first case of a pharmacist being involved in cosmetic quality certification before the Pharmaceutical Affaires Law was enacted.

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  • CRID
    1390295060106001664
  • DOI
    10.34531/jjhp.57.2_93
  • ISSN
    24357529
    02852314
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
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