The Safe Cosmetics Act needs to be more in tune with science
August 25, 2010
Cosmetic Design asked me to write a comment article on the new cosmetic legislation pending in the US House of Representatives. I was honored to do so and my article was published today. If you brush your teeth, take a shower or spritz yourself with perfume on any sort of regular basis, this legislation will impact both your pocketbook and your access to natural personal care products. However well-intentioned it may, HR 5786 will decimate this industry and leave consumers at the mercy of only a scant few multinational corporations who can afford to comply with dozens of new regulations and none of us will be any “safer” for it. Please read the article if you have a moment, and then consider the action steps in the closing paragraph…we need your help!
The Safe Cosmetics Act needs to be more in tune with science
Thanks to e.coli on your lettuce, salmonella contamination in your peanuts and a flood of fraudulent drug imports, the FDA has held a prime spot of scrutiny on the nightly news this past year. New calls for tighter controls have been launched and cosmetic manufacturers have unfortunately been snared in the nets of special interest groups lobbying in DC. The result? The Safe Cosmetics Act of 2010, also known as H.R. 5786, was presented to the House of Representatives on July 20th.
Championed by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics (CFSC) and the Environmental Working Group (EWG), H.R. 5786 would radically transform the personal care industry by passing massive fees onto manufacturers, restricting ingredient availability, necessitating a taxing amount of burdensome paperwork and requiring expensive pre-market testing of every finished product before it hits the shelves.
Unfortunately, none those new responsibilities nor the billions spent on them would make cosmetics any “safer” for public consumption.
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