Roughly one year after Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., proposed the Children’s Product Warning Label Act in response to concerns about asbestos-tainted cosmetics on specialty girls’ retail shelves, she’s reintroducing the bill, and Claire’s Stores, Inc. is again top of mind.
Kids’ Cosmetics With Talc Would Require Asbestos-Free Verification Or Warnings Under Dingell Bill
Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., is taking another swing at legislation to require cancer warnings on talc-containing cosmetics marketed to children if they have not been determined asbestos-free via transmission electron microscopy to FDA’s satisfaction.

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