As in the case of plastic microbeads some four years ago, the personal-care industry finds itself in the position of having to reformulate potentially on a mass scale due to environmental rather than human safety concerns. And once again the legislation was driven in large part by shoddy science, industry says.
Hawaii has become the first state to prohibit the sale of sunscreens containing oxybenzone and octinoxate due to concerns over the ingredients’ impact on coral reefs.
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Preliminary registration data released by FDA offers a first glimpse of the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act’s impact on information the agency has at hand.
The Washington State Department of Ecology publishes ‘Interim Policy on Lead in Cosmetics’ which provides safe harbor options for cosmetic products struggling with the 1ppm limit under the state’s Toxic Free Cosmetics Act, while the department gathers information under a newly opened rulemaking to ‘identify a feasible approach to regulating lead in cosmetic products.’
The Washington Department of Ecology hasn’t backed down on its targeting of formaldehyde-releasing preservatives under the state’s Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act, as industry still awaits a draft final rule. In a recent webinar, attorney Angela Deisch of Amin Wasserman Gurnani, LLP said the department has also not provided clarity on penalties under the law, which goes into effect 1 January.
The FDA's current leader, whose term will end with Donald Trump’s second inauguration, also described three qualities the agency’s next commissioner will need to succeed, including "believing that there is such a thing as expertise."
Functions supporting the US Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Cosmetics and Colors have been impacted by the reduction-in-force.
Two nail care ingredients included in the European Commission’s Omnibus VII, which includes about two dozen ingredients overall, are banned in Europe in September.
Cosmetics Europe is working to obtain derogations for three fragrance and/or cosmetic substances that may be categorized as carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic, which could result in a ban of their use under the Cosmetic Products Regulation.
