California DTSC Eyes Hair Relaxers, Straighteners For Next Safer Consumer Product Priority
Executive Summary
The Department of Toxic Substances Control does not identify specific chemicals of concern in its 2021-2023 Priority Product Draft Work Plan, but says it is focusing on ingredients and endpoints associated with children, women of childbearing age, communities of color and aquatic impacts.
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