Hiller, Julia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4314-8756
Eckert, Elisabeth https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6037-9556
Jäger, Thomas https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3023-6447
Bader, Michael https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9431-1058
Kaifie, Andrea https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5549-7198
Göen, Thomas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8226-9227
Funding for this research was provided by:
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Article History
Received: 18 July 2025
Accepted: 23 September 2025
First Online: 29 October 2025
Declarations
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: The authors Julia Hiller, Elisabeth Eckert, Andrea Kaifie, and Thomas Göen have no competing interests to declare that are relevant to the content of this article. The authors Thomas Jäger and Michael Bader are employees of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany, a producer of 2-phenoxyethanol.
: This study was performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee as well as with the Helsinki Declaration of 1964 and its later amendments. The study design was reviewed and approved by the local ethics committee (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (Vote No. 296_19 B)).
: Informed written consent was obtained from all participants prior to inclusion in the study.