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Mislabeled Nail Polishes Warrant Increased Regulation – California DTSC

 
• By Lauren Nardella

California’s DTSC takes issue with nail polish brands that erroneously claim to be free of toluene, dibutyl phthalate and formaldehyde, calling its review a “wakeup call for greater transparency.” The PBA’s Nail Manufacturers Council does not dispute or disagree with the testing results, but “strongly objects to the report’s lack of perspective and balance.”

A new report from the California Department of Toxic Substances Control scolds nail polish manufacturers for including toluene, dibutyl phthalate and formaldehyde in product formulations while promoting them as being free of the so-called “toxic trio.”

The DTSC, a division of the state’s Environmental Protection Agency, tested 12 nail products that bore labeling claiming to be free from one to three of the ingredients and determined that 10 of them in fact contained those ingredients

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