With WEN safety issues still weighing on his mind, Congressman Frank Pallone aims to unveil his planned cosmetics legislation in September and push for a public hearing. Safe-cosmetics champion Stacy Malkan and New York Times reporter Eric Lipton joined Pallone August 17 for an NPR panel on “The Battle to Regulate Cosmetics.”
Despite the myriad distractions this election year, it seems that the WEN hair-loss epidemic has ensured that cosmetics reform legislation isn’t completely swept from lawmakers’ minds.
Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., said Aug. 17 that he intends to introduce a cosmetics safety bill in the House after...