Personal Care Not Likely First Target Of California Consumer Product Regs
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
A new draft of California’s Safer Consumer Product Regulations could change how the state’s Department of Toxic Substances Control selects priority products for potential reformulation. DTSC may now select products for review only if they contain chemicals of concern that meet new criteria, which may exclude many substances found in personal-care products, according to PCPC’s Tom Myers.
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