IN a study of penetration of insecticides through insect cuticle, Webb and Green 1 found that benzyl alcohol would greatly reduce the time required to kill sheep keds with diphenylamine ...

Benzyl alcohol is a weak sensitizer found in a wide array of plants and plant products, foods, cosmetics, and medications. Delayed contact dermatitis reactions as well as immediate, urticarial ...

The panel's clinical recommendation was that benzyl alcohol could be used safely in cosmetics for adults at concentrations up to 5% (up to 10% for hair dyes). However, owing to a lack of data ...