TiO2 Still A California Prop 65 Target; EU Commission Returns To SCCS With New Safety Questions

Titanium dioxide use in cosmetic products is getting another look by the EU’s Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety, with a focus on genotoxicity and exposure via inhalation and oral routes. Stateside, potentially respirable TiO2 continues to be the focus of Prop 65 lawsuits in California.

L’Oreal SA subsidiary Urban Decay Cosmetics, LLC, Nordstrom, Inc. and other value-chain partners face litigation in California Superior Court alleging that they failed to inform consumers about potentially respirable titanium dioxide in Urban Decay eyeshadow palettes.

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