Safe Cosmetics Campaign Prepares “Retailer Red List” Of 100 “Toxic” Chemicals
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Within the next month, NGO will present retailers with a list of roughly 100 priority “toxic” chemicals it wants removed from personal-care products on store shelves, according to Campaign for Safe Cosmetics co-founder Janet Nudelman. Meanwhile, CSC has launched its “Cosmetics Without Cancer” initiative, with P&G as its initial target, part of an effort to reassess the market 10 years after creation of the Safe Cosmetics Compact.
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