The European Union’s Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability (CSS) and misinformation in the media demand that the cosmetics industry speak “very frankly” about the substances in cosmetic products and provide the public with educational resources, says John Chave, director-general of trade association Cosmetics Europe.
EU’s Chemicals Strategy Demands Cosmetics Industry Transparency, Public Outreach
Cosmetics Europe’s John Chave highlights the important role that industry must have in educating the public about chemicals used in cosmetic products. The association’s COSMILE Europe database launched last year is one such measure to combat misinformation while industry braces for potential impacts resulting from new hazard categories under the Classification, Labeling and Packaging (CLP) regulation.

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