Industry may not have seen the last of proposed legislation in California to outlaw cosmetics containing any of four parabens, formaldehyde releasers or any trace amount of lead.
But it appears that industry’s at least bought itself time to regroup.
California’s Proposed Toxic Free Cosmetics Act Put On Ice After Industry Lobbying Blitz
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The bill, which would deal a serious blow to industry’s preservatives palette and prohibit any trace of lead in cosmetics, failed to advance out of committee April 9, roughly one week after the Personal Care Products Council and other industry reps descended on Sacramento to lobby against the measure.
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