Washington State’s Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act, More Aggressive Than California’s, Awaits Governor’s Signature

 
• By Eileen Francis

The specter of reformulations, market disruptions and potential litigation hangs over Washington state as HB 1047 sits on Governor Jay Inslee’s desk. The Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act, seen by industry stakeholders as a metastasized version of California’s legislation of the same name, would ban the sale of cosmetics containing formaldehyde releasers or trace lead above 1 ppm, in addition to PFAS, ortho-phthalates and other ingredients.

Washington’s Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act, which would surpass California as the most aggressive cosmetic ingredients ban in the country, is on the brink of passage.

Introduced in January by Democratic Rep. Sharlett Mena, the bill,

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