California’s Proposed Toxic Free Cosmetics Act Put On Ice After Industry Lobbying Blitz
Executive Summary
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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