Stakeholders Vie For California DTSC's Ear On Hair Straighteners, With Priority Product Pick Looming

Industry and consumer advocates typically differ in their views on the California Department of Toxic Substances Control’s Safer Consumer Products work, and the DTSC’s investigation into hair-straightening chemicals is no exception. In any event, a Priority Product selection could be coming soon.

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The California Department of Toxic Substances Control is poised to select one or more chemicals found in hair-straightening products as priorities for alternatives assessment under its Safer Consumer Products program, but first must navigate stakeholder feedback.

A two-day workshop held on July 23-24 presented the department’s research on numerous hair-straightening ingredients that could be harmful to consumers or salon workers, and included panel discussions

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