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PCPC: State Legislation, ‘Fake Science,' FDA’s Sunscreen Monograph Among Top 2019 Challenges

 
• By Ryan Nelson

The Personal Care Products Council’s top execs identified key legislative, regulatory and public affairs challenges facing industry in 2019 during a Feb. 26 panel discussion at the group’s annual meeting in Palm Beach, Fla.

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State and local action to regulate cosmetics, particularly their purported environmental impacts, is likely to be a key focus for the Personal Care Products Council in 2019, according to the trade group’s leadership.

During a Feb. 26 “Washington Report” panel at the organization’s 2019 annual meeting in Palm Beach, Fla., PCPC’s top execs provided an overview of continuing and emerging issues affecting the...

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