Consumer products touch everyone’s lives. However, the exposure to both known constituents and unintentional contaminants from these products can be responsible for deaths, injuries and property damage. Unfortunately, too often little attention is devoted to assessment of health risks to humans or to the ecosystem. Spherix staff has the expertise to assist with the strategy and execution of novel approaches to evaluate safety to workers and consumers from exposure to all consumer products, including those incorporating nanotechnology, an area of consumer product safety assessment that continues to grow in importance.

Spherix Consumer Product Practice focuses on personal care items, sports and recreation products, toys, household products and outdoor products, including pesticides. Spherix provides strategic, legal, regulatory and scientific support for these products, including:

Regulatory Review—helping clients assess product compliance with current and emerging scientific and regulatory guidance from the FDA, EPA, Proposition 65, and the EU, including the 7th amendment to the cosmetic act.

Safety Evaluation—screening for adverse health effects including potential health risks related to employee and/or consumer exposure. Spherix consultants conduct safety evaluations to determine adequacy of data, identify unresolved issues and uncertainties in the available data, and determine the safety profile and potential risk of the product during various points in its life cycle (use, misuse, disposal and recycling). Consultants also provide support for analytical, pre-clinical and clinical studies through the design, placement, and monitoring of studies and the analysis and finalization of study reports.

Product Liability Assessment—helping clients develop a Product Stewardship program to ensure appropriate guidance for sourcing of ingredients and for manufacturing of the product. Spherix is also available to help defend the safety of a product in litigation.

Spherix Consultants with expertise in Consumer Products include Claire Kruger, Ram Nimmagudda, Wally Hayes, Yongming Lu, Dietz Conze, Roger Clemens, Susan Phillips