California Preps For SCP Priorities Selection, Eyeing Salon Nail Products
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
The Department of Toxic Substances Control will host a webinar in November to solicit information on “nail salon products and chemicals,” among other topics, as the agency prepares to issue its second round of draft Priority Product selections under California’s Safer Consumer Products program.
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