香水、花露水中甲醇含量之調查

AN INVESTIGATION FOR METHANOL IN PERFUMES AND FLORIDA WATER

甲醇可經口、皮膚或呼吸道攝入人體，引起中毒、失明或致死。我國化粧品衛生管理條例明訂含乙醇製品每100mL乙醇中含甲醇不得超過0.2 mL（0.2% v/v以下）。故本局針對乙醇含量甚高之香水、花露水是否有甲醇含量過高之情形進行調查，利用氣相層析法作甲醇之定性及定量分析，結果發現在台灣地區所抽購之77件檢體包括國產46件，進口31件中，僅有一件檢出甲醇且在合格範圍內，故香水、花露水中甲醇含量不合格情形並不嚴重。

Ingestion, inhalation and percutaneous absorption of methanol may cause poisoning, visual impairment or complete blindness and death. For this reason, the government regulates the methanol level in ethanol under 0.2% v/v for any cosmetic merchandise which contains ethanol. This is a report of results of analysis the amount of methanol contained in 77 samples of perfumes and Florida wather (toilet water), of these 44 were manufactured in Taiwan; the others were imported. The results showed that only one sample contains methanol, but in an amount still below regulation limits. It was concluded that there is no strong evidence that commercial perfumes and Florida Water are violating the Taiwan regulation.