Chemical Firm Ceases Phthalate Production, Signaling Market Scale-Down
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
In a move applauded by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics (CSC), a large phthalates producer, Eastman Chemical Company, has announced it will cease manufacturing two phthalate plasticizers in favor of alternative ingredients.
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