California Preps Plan To Illuminate Safer Consumer Product Priority Categories
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Targeted for release in mid-August under California’s Safer Consumer Products regulations, a work plan from the state Department of Toxic Substances Control will identify categories from which draft priority product/chemical combinations could be selected during the 2015-2017 period.
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