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California DTSC No Longer Singles Out Personal Care, But Increased Scrutiny Likely

 
• By Lauren Nardella

Previous versions of California’s Regulation for Safer Consumer Products called out personal-care products as one of the first product groups targeted for evaluation. The latest version doesn’t name names, but the Personal Care Products Council is still wary.

A draft regulation released by California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control no longer specifies personal-care products as one of the first consumer product categories for toxic chemical review, but that doesn’t mean the industry is in the clear.

Mandated by California’s Green Chemistry initiative, the Regulation for Safer Consumer Products is intended to identify and prioritize chemicals of concern in consumer products and in some cases would require manufacturers to reformulate products to eliminate them Also see "

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