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EU Starts On Proposal For Tackling ‘Most Harmful’ Chemicals Under Revised Cosmetics Reg

 
• By Ryan Nelson

The European Commission is preparing a legal proposal to revise the Cosmetic Products Regulation in line with Green Deal objectives, including the phasing out of chemicals deemed “most harmful." Cosmetics Europe director-general John Chave discusses the problematic approach, possible impacts, and the bizarre and unintended results it could produce.

[Editor's note: Cosmetics Europe's John Chave on 13 July clarified remarks that appeared in this article originally regarding fragrance ingredients with suspected respiratory sensitization potential.]

Part and parcel to the EU’s Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability (CSS) Towards a Toxic-Free Environment is the idea that chemicals assessment across the EU should be centralized, streamlined and made more consistent, in part by reliably banning

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