Tempers Flare At RIFM Meeting Over Transparency, "Hazards Avoidance"
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Attendees of the Research Institute for Fragrance Materials' annual meeting sparred with Mark Rossi, research director for environmental group Clean Production Action, over the seeming unavailability of a "middle ground" in the issue of fragrance transparency.
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