UK Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee recommends “a legislative ban on the use of plastic microbeads in cosmetics and other toiletries,” with no mention of restricting prohibitions along microbead-function or product-category lines. Environmental NGOs are pushing for a broader ban than that in the US and seem to have lawmakers’ ear.
UK lawmakers recommend that Britain legislate a ban that could exceed plastic microbead restrictions instituted in the US, potentially affecting the full range of the ingredients’ applications across a wider spectrum of cosmetic products, if not all of them.
The Environmental Audit Committee in the UK House of Commons issued a report Aug. 24 calling for “a...
Four co-chairs of the House of Representatives’ Skin Cancer Caucus have introduced the Safe Sunscreen Standards Act to direct FDA to establish clearer, ‘more flexible’ standards for evaluating sunscreen ingredients.
A US House bill would give the FDA $33.1m more in budget authority than requested by the Trump Administration for fiscal year 2026. The measure was sent to the full House Appropriations committee on a party-line vote.
The Independent Beauty Association has launched an interactive Policy Map tracking state and federal bills and filtering by state or topic, pinpointing bills of great priority.
The US cosmetics industry, particularly small- and medium-sized businesses, should reach out to their representatives in Congress to encourage pressure on the US Food and Drug Administration to implement cosmetics reform, despite agency staff cuts.
A US House bill would give the FDA $33.1m more in budget authority than requested by the Trump Administration for fiscal year 2026. The measure was sent to the full House Appropriations committee on a party-line vote.
The Independent Beauty Association has launched an interactive Policy Map tracking state and federal bills and filtering by state or topic, pinpointing bills of great priority.
A new study on the safety of sunscreen filters relies on an alternative assessment methodology and concludes that six sunscreen UV filters are unlikely to be carcinogenic.
