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The first set of chemicals for review includes
- Diazolidinyl urea, which is used as a preservative in a wide range of products including deodorant, shampoo, conditioner, bubble bath and lotion.
- Diethyl phthalate, which is used as a binding agent in some fragrances and cosmetics.
- Methylene glycol/formaldehyde, which is used in hair treatments.
- Propylparaben, which is used as a preservative in a wide range of products including shampoo, conditioner and lotion.
- Quaternium-15, which is used as a preservative in a wide range of products including shampoo, shaving cream, skin creams and cleansers.
The Personal Care Products Safety Act would also:
- Provide FDA the authority to recall personal care products that threaten consumer safety.
- Provide FDA the authority to require labeling of products that include ingredients not appropriate for children and those that should be professionally administered.
- Require complete label information to be posted online, including ingredients and product warnings.
- Require companies to provide contact information on their products for consumers and report serious adverse events to FDA within 15 days, including death, hospitalization and disfigurement. Health effects that could have resulted in hospitalization without early intervention would also be required to be reported.
- Require manufacturers to register annually with FDA and provide the agency with information on the ingredients used in their personal care products.
- Direct FDA to issue regulations on Good Manufacturing Practices for personal care products.
To fund these new oversight activities, the bill would authorize FDA to collect user fees from personal care product manufacturers similar to what is done for medications and medical devices.
The bill is supported by the following companies:
- Beautycounter
- The Estee Lauder Companies (Brands include Estée Lauder, Clinique, Origins, Tommy Hilfiger, MAC, La Mer, Bobbi Brown, Donna Karan, Aveda and Michael Kors)
- The Handcrafted Soap and Cosmetic Guild
- Handmade Cosmetic Alliance
- Herban Lifestyle
- Johnson & Johnson (Brands include OGX, Neutrogena, Aveeno, Clean & Clear, Lubriderm, JOHNSON’S Baby)
- L’Oreal (Brands include L’Oréal Paris, Lancome, Giorgio Armani Beauty, Yves Saint Laurent, Kiehl’s, Essie, Garnier, Maybelline-New York, Vichy, La Roche-Posay and Redken)
- Makes 3 Organics
- Milk + Honey
- Procter & Gamble (Brands include Pantene, Head & Shoulders, Herbal Essences, Secret, Ivory, Olay, Aussie and Old Spice)
- Revlon (Brands include Revlon, American Crew, Elizabeth Arden, Almay, Mitchum)
- Silk Therapeutics
- SkinOwl
- S.W. Basics
- Unilever (Brands include Dove, Tresemme, St. Ives, Noxzema, Nexxus, Pond’s, Suave, Vaseline, Degree, Axe and Seventh Generation)
The bill is supported by the following health and consumer organizations:
- American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association
- The Beautywell Project
- Caregiver Action Network
- Endocrine Society
- Environmental Working Group
- March of Dimes
- National Alliance for Hispanic Health
- National Psoriasis Foundation
- National Women’s Health Network
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