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California Aware Of 40-Some Nail Products Containing Toluene As SCP Process Gets Underway

 
• By Ryan Nelson

The Department of Toxic Substances Control is still in the information-gathering stage for its recently proposed Priority Product under California’s Safer Consumer Products regulation – nail products containing toluene. Alternative analyses will follow, with five possible substitutes (including water) floated by the agency currently.

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California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control says more than 40 cosmetic nail products marketed in the state are known to contain toluene, which is being targeted by the agency for alternative analyses under the Safer Consumer Products regulation.

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