Campaign for Safe Cosmetics : Industry-backed Cosmetics Safety Bill a Trojan Horse, Will Set Back Cosmetics Safety

Campaign for Safe Cosmetics : Industry-backed Cosmetics Safety Bill a Trojan Horse, Will Set Back Cosmetics Safety

(Washington, DC)—Health and consumer groups denounced today the Cosmetic Safety Amendments Act of 2012, introduced last week by Rep. Leonard Lance (R-N.J.), as an affront to consumer and worker health. Written by the cosmetics industry trade association, the bill will codify much of the current system that allows the industry to “self-regulate” the safety of cosmetics which has resulted in public-health scandals including formaldehyde in hair products and mercury in face creams.

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