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NGOs Step Up Lobbying For Safe Cosmetics Act, Salon Worker Protections

 
• By Lauren Nardella

Representatives from the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics and the National Healthy Nail & Beauty Salon Alliance met with 15 legislative offices July 25-26, advocating for the Safe Cosmetics Act. Three more House members signed on as co-sponsors of the legislation following the meetings.

Though the 112th Congress is winding down, activist groups have increased lobbying efforts in support of Rep. Jan Schakowsky and Rep. Ed Markey’s Safe Cosmetics Act and for regulatory measures to protect salon workers from potentially dangerous chemical exposure.

Representatives from the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics and the National Healthy Nail & Beauty Salon Alliance met with 15

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