Consumer Awareness: Personal Care Products Safety and …



Consumer Awareness: Personal Care Products Safety and Labeling

Skin Care Lotion Kit Loan Program

Administered through NWABR

What is the kit?

All of the equipment for 8 lab stations (4 students per station) and supplies that classes of students would need to prepare a skin care lotion as part of “Consumer Awareness: Personal Care Products Safety and Labeling”, Lesson 2 of the 4-lesson core curriculum.

The kit is contained in three large tubs that can be checked out from the NWABR office.

What is the loaner program?

NWABR will make the lotion-making kit available to teachers on a sliding-fee basis*:

# Students Using Kit: Supplies and mailing Kit (supplies and equipment)

1-32 $30 $40

33-64 45 55

65-92 60 70

93-125 75 85

Per additional 32 add $15 add $15

*Please call to obtain current fees.

Teachers will be able to check out the kit for a 10 day period. Sign-up will be on a first come, first serve basis. The kit will be housed at the NWABR office and must be checked out and returned to the office during the hours of 8:00 am-5:30 pm, Monday through Friday.

Supplies in Kit:

Lotion ingredients Beeswax, mineral oil, coconut oil, borax, 6 fragrances

(Ingredients will be supplied in stock containers with quantities to meet the class needs. Teachers will need to aliquot the ingredients if each station is to have ingredient stocks.)

Equipment:

8 hot plates Bench covers

8 wooden stirrers Individual lotion containers

8 glass beakers (450 ml) Felt pens

8 plastic beakers (250 ml) Plastic spoons

8 water bottles Toothpics

8 plastic 1 c. measuring cups

8 plastic ½ c. measuring cups Cleaning supplies

8 sets of measuring spoons (3 per set) 8 Lotion recipes in plastic protectors

8 spatulas 8 Lotion flow charts in plastic protectors

16 potholders 8 sets of 4 MSDS information sheets

(4 MSDS per station)

Curriculum binder with lesson plans, teacher guides, and student handouts.

Evaluation forms and report forms for demographic profile of students.

Personal care product samples/containers (for use as label and claim examples)

To be provided by the school:

8 three-prong electrical outlets for hotplates (hot plates have 6 foot cords)

Extension cords if needed

Hot water source (for clean-up)

Area for washing beakers, spatulas, spoons after the lab

All copies of student handouts for the lessons

Procedures for checking out the lotion kit:

1. The lotion-making activity is for use in conjunction with the lessons in the Consumer Awareness curriculum.

2. Teachers must sign up 1 week in advance through the NWABR office. (This allows time to stock the kit for the proper number of students.) The teacher must confirm the pick-up time two days before pick-up is planned.

3. Pick-up must be between the hours of 8:00 am and 5:30 pm, Monday through Friday, at the NWABR office: 100 W. Harrison, North Tower, #430, in the lower Queen Anne area of Seattle. (phone 206-957-3337)

4. The pick-up vehicle must be able to hold 3 large tubs. A dolly will be provided to move tubs from the NWABR office to the pick-up vehicle.

Return Policy:

1. Complete the feed-back form that will be supplied with the kit.

2. All equipment should be clean and repacked into the tubs. Contents of the tubs should match the inventory list provided with each tub.

3. Seal all containers well, especially the fragrance bottles.

4. Return all unused ingredients.

Procedures for having supplies mailed:

1. Supplies that can be mailed include:

Mineral oil Coconut Oil Individual containers & lids

Borax Beeswax (No fragrances)

2. Teachers must sign up at least 1 week in advance through the NWABR office indicating the number of students that will be using the lab supplies.

3. Supplies will be sent by 2-day FedEx or DHL. Please provide the complete address and phone number of the delivery site, and operating hours available to receive the supplies.

4. Teachers will be asked to complete and return an evaluation form after the lab.

Consumer Awareness: Personal Care Products Safety and Labeling

Lotion Kit Sign-Out Form

To be submitted to NWABR electronically, by FAX or mail.

NWABR

100 W. Harrison (corner of Republican and 1st Ave W))

North Tower, Suite #430

Seattle, WA 98119

3337. FAX: 206-282-2214

Teacher Name:

Contact Information: phone ____________________ e-mail _______________________

School Name:

School Address:

Grades that will use the kit:

Total number of students to be using the kit:

Students doing an inquiry lab requiring more supplies:

Kit can be checked out for 10 days.

Date you would like to pick up the kit:

Date you will return the kit:

PLEASE NOTE:

The kit consists of 3 tubs.

Pick-up and return take place at the NWABR office (address above)

Hours for pick-up and return are 8:00 am to 5:30 pm, Monday through Friday.

Sign-up: Contact Reitha Weeks, rweeks@; 206-957-3337x 305

Pick-up: Confirm pickup and # of students using kit at least 2 days in advance

(by phone or e-mail to Reitha)

Use of the kit requires completion of an evaluation form covering your use and the student responses to the curriculum and the lab.

Consumer Awareness: Personal Care Product Safety and Labeling

Kit Supplies Being Mailed

Teacher: Grade(s):

# students using kit:

Calculated # lab stations (# students divided by 4): ______

Lotion Ingredients

Per Station Stock

Ingredient (4 students) Provided (based on calculated number of lab stations)

Borax 1/8 tsp _____

Beeswax 3 Tbl _____

Mineral oil 1/2 cup _____

Coconut oil 1 tsp _____

Containers 2 per student _____

Fragrances do not get mailed.

There is no need to return unused supplies.

Evaluation form _____

(to be completed after use of the Consumer Awareness curriculum)

Please FAX (206-282-2214) or mail the completed evaluation to:

Reitha Weeks

NWABR

100 W. Harrison St.

North Tower, #430

Seattle, WA 98119

Sources of lotion supplies:

1) Zenith Supplies 206-525-7997

6300 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115

2) Candle or soap supply stores;

Massage supply stores (for oils, fragrances);

Aromatherapy supply stores

Grocery and specialty stores with “Health & Body Care” sections

Consumer Awareness: Personal Care Product Safety and Labeling

Curriculum Evaluation

NWABR, 100 W. Harrison St., North Tower, #430, Seattle, WA 98119

Teacher(s): Dates curriculum used:

School:

Grade(s): Email:

Thank you for agreeing to participate in the evaluation of the Consumer Awareness curriculum.

Student Information: Classes in which Consumer Awareness curriculum was taught

In order to facilitate grant funding, we keep records of the following demographic data on the students served. Please complete the following table to the best of your ability:

| |Female |Male |

|African American | | |

|Asian | | |

|Caucasian | | |

|Hispanic | | |

|Native American | | |

|Other | | |

|TOTAL Audience | |

How many classroom days could you devote to this curriculum? _________________

Curriculum Content

Pre-Lesson 1 - Homework: label examination

1. Did you use the Pre-Lesson 1 homework as presented?

If not, what was changed?

2. Did students complete the homework and find it interesting?

Lesson 1 - Labels, Claims and Regulations

1. Did you use the curriculum as presented?

If not, what did you change?

2. What aspects of the lesson were of most interest to the students?

3. What aspects of the lesson were of least interest to the students?

4. What information could be included in the workshop that would better prepare you for teaching this day's curriculum?

Lesson 2 - Emulsion chemistry - lotion prep and inquiry labs

1. Did you use the curriculum (and lab) as presented?

If not, what did you change?

2. Did you incorporate inquiry labs into the lesson?

If so, how?

3. What aspects of the lesson were of most interest to the students?

Lesson 2 – Emulsion chemistry and lotion prep, continued

4. What aspects of the lesson were of least interest to the students?

5. What information could be included to better prepare you for teaching this day's curriculum?

6. Were there any problems with the lab equipment, containers or supplies?

7. How can the kit and lab be improved?

8. Please provide examples of students’ responses to the lab.

Lesson 3 - Ingredient safety, basic toxicology, animal and human safety testing

1. Did you use the curriculum as presented at the workshop (basic toxicology, dose-response worksheet, MSDS, animal and human safety testing)? If not, what did you change or omit?

2. What aspects of the lesson were of most interest to the students?

3. What aspects of the lesson were of least interest to the students?

4. What were students' perceptions of the use of animals in research before and after the lesson?

5. What information could be included to better prepare you for teaching this day's curriculum?

Lesson 4: The Informed Consumer – Safety, Advertising, Advocacy, Ethical dilemmas

1. Prior to Activity I, what were the students’ perceptions of public opinion on cosmetic safety?

2. Activity I: What were the student responses to the readings and worksheets emphasizing different points of view on cosmetic ingredient safety?

3. What would make Activity I more engaging?

4. Activity II: What did students learn from evaluating cosmetic advertisements?

5. How could Activity II (evaluating advertisements) be improved?

6. Activity III: What was most interesting to the students about the consumer advocacy activity?

Are they going to contact someone?

7. Activity IV: Did you use the ethical dilemmas provided for a class discussion?

Was the decision-making framework useful?

OVERALL

In which areas did the students gain the most information:

(Please rank the following topics, with #1 being the area in which the students learned the most new information.)

Understanding the meaning behind personal care product labels (claims)

Regulatory differences between cosmetics and drugs

Chemistry of emulsions

Access to ingredient safety information

Principles of Toxicology – Dose-response – MSDS

Animal safety testing

Designing human safety tests

Risk assessment and differences of opinion surrounding it

Identifying and evaluating scientific sources of information behind advertisement claims

Opportunities for consumer advocacy

Discussion of difficult ethical issues

Could this curriculum be improved by adding more information on

The drug development process?

The clinical testing phases of human drugs?

Other:

Please evaluate the various parts of the curriculum.

Most Useful Least Useful

5 4 3 2 1

Pre-Lesson 1 Homework

Label review at home 5 4 3 2 1

T/F quiz on cosmetic regulations 5 4 3 2 1

Lesson 1 – Labels, claims & regulations

Small group discussion about labels 5 4 3 2 1

Determining # of ingredients and function 5 4 3 2 1

Explanation of cosmetic regulations (T/F quiz) 5 4 3 2 1

Homework:

Lotion prep flow chart 5 4 3 2 1

Lotion ingredient function 5 4 3 2 1

Optional reading: FDA history 5 4 3 2 1

Lesson 2 – Emulsion chemistry - lotion prep, inquiry labs

Explanation of emulsion chemistry 5 4 3 2 1

Lab: lotion preparation 5 4 3 2 1

Use of inquiry labs 5 4 3 2 1

Homework:

Sense (or Cents) Behind Safety 5 4 3 2 1

Lotion Label Essentials 5 4 3 2 1

Optional reading: PCPC 5 4 3 2 1

Lesson 3 – Toxicology, animal and human safety testing

Group discussion about homework 5 4 3 2 1

on cosmetic safety

Principles of toxicology 5 4 3 2 1

Dose-response worksheet 5 4 3 2 1

Ingredient development process 5 4 3 2 1

Introduction to MSDSs 5 4 3 2 1

Background on animal safety testing 5 4 3 2 1

Designing a human safety test 5 4 3 2 1

Homework:

Designing a label and writing claims 5 4 3 2 1

Lesson 4 – The Informed Consumer - Ethics

Risk assessment and precautionary principle 5 4 3 2 1

Readings with differing opinions of cosmetic safety 5 4 3 2 1

Identifying & evaluating information sources 5 4 3 2 1

Avenues for consumer advocacy 5 4 3 2 1

Discussion of difficult, ethical issues 5 4 3 2 1

On which topic(s) would you like more information and background resources?

If any of the above answers were less than “3”, please explain. Other comments or suggestions?

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