The bill,A2054 or the Beauty Justice Act, is currently in the committee assembly stage.
Thousands of chemicals are used in cosmetics and personal care products, the bill reads.
She notes that very, very few of the included ingredients are currently being used in personal care products.
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Nobody’s putting cadmium in a cosmetic for fun, she says.
The last thing we want to do is hurt our customers.
[Including] carbon black… seems misguided and is problematic for sure.
One addition to the listdidstand out to Dobos, however: carbon black.
It’s a color additive frequently used in blackest black or ultra black mascaras and eyeliners.
[Including] carbon black… seems misguided and is problematic for sure.
There’s nothing that will really get you to that same color space, she says.
Black iron oxide can skew a little more red or brown, and it behaves differently in a product.
You’re going to have some level of formaldehyde in there."
It’s also worth noting that DHA isFDA approvedfor external use.
Parabens, too, have been a hot topic for years.
However, the ban is currently paused.
Also, call on the chemists prior to beginning putting these bills in the legislative cycle.
That cumulative exposure is something Backman wishes the general public had more education around.
These materials are also in products outside the personal care industry, she says.
We’re ingesting these things.
Backman believes a little more education and coordination between industries would be helpful for similar bills.
Also, call on the chemists before you get going putting these bills in the legislative cycle.
What this means is that prices are just going to go up, says Backman.
From a chemist’s point of view, we’ll rise to the occasion, she says.
In addition, the cosmetics and personal care products supply chain would be significantly disrupted.
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