Personal-Care Firms Filing Waiver Requests En Masse As 1,4-Dioxane Deadline Looms In New York
Executive Summary
More than 800 waivers have been filed by companies including Procter & Gamble, L’Oréal and Coty with the first deadline fast-approaching for limiting 1,4-dioxane in personal-care products under a law enacted in New York in 2019.
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