California In Upgrade Mode, Now Exploring Safer Consumer Products 2.0
Executive Summary
The Golden State may be running out of cosmetics laws to pass, but that doesn’t mean it can’t tighten up the ones it has. The Safe Cosmetics Program is being targeted for improvements, and now a proposed bill in the California Senate aims to speed up green chemistry substitutions in the Safer Consumer Products program, where toluene in nail care is under scrutiny.
You may also be interested in...
California Safer Products Reg Produces Mixed Bag Of First-Time Alternative Analysis Findings
The California DTSC has issued a notice of deficiency for the first preliminary alternatives analysis report submitted under the Safer Consumer Products regulation. That report does identify a possible replacement for methylene chloride use in paint strippers, in contrast to an abridged AA report from makers of spray polyurethane foams that claims there is no viable alternative for unreacted methylene diphenyl diisocyanates.
California Aware Of 40-Some Nail Products Containing Toluene As SCP Process Gets Underway
The Department of Toxic Substances Control is still in the information-gathering stage for its recently proposed Priority Product under California’s Safer Consumer Products regulation – nail products containing toluene. Alternative analyses will follow, with five possible substitutes (including water) floated by the agency currently.
California DTSC Selects Toluene In Nail Care For Potential Phase-Out
The proposal under the state’s Safer Consumer Products regulation marks the ingredient for alternative analyses and potential replacement in nail-care products. California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control cites possible dangers to salon workers in particular, including nervous system, respiratory and developmental toxicity risks.