California Safe Cosmetics Funding Push Fails At Eleventh Hour

Industry no doubt is less disappointed by the state’s 2018-2019 budget, approved by lawmakers June 14, than the NGOs that pushed for additional resources to strengthen California’s Safe Cosmetics Program. The funding proposal was approved by Senate and Assembly committees but ultimately got the ax.

California State Capitol, lined by palm trees

There isn’t much talk about California’s Safe Cosmetics Program these days.

Industry may say that’s because the CSCP has been eclipsed by even more disruptive regulations in the Golden State, such...

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