Policy
Big Federal Cosmetic Policy Reform Enacted
The Modernization of Cosmetics Regulations Act of 2022, though imperfect, makes many constructive and long-overdue cosmetic safety measures to the...
Campaign for Safe Cosmetics Urges Congress to Reject Sweeping Preemption of State Cosmetic Safety Laws in Spending Bill
December 19, 2022 San Francisco - The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics strongly urged congressional leaders to reject the inclusion of...
Newsom Signs Bill Eliminating PFAS in Clothes into Law
SACRAMENTO—In a win for current and future public health in California, Governor Gavin Newsom has signed into law AB 1817,...
Toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” banned from cosmetics in California
9/30/2022 SACRAMENTO—Today, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law that bans intentionally added toxic PFAS chemicals (known as “forever chemicals”) from cosmetics...
California PFAS-Free Cosmetics Act (AB 2771-Friedman)
The PFAS-Free Cosmetic Act (AB 2771-Friedman) bans personal care and beauty products (collectively referred to as "cosmetics”) containing any (known as...
Food Safety Loophole Allows Secret Toxic Chemicals in Our Food
The Generally Recognized As Safe, or GRAS, provision, which permits common chemicals to by-pass FDA safety reviews, has become the...
California bill would ban toxic ‘forever chemicals’ from cosmetics
SACRAMENTO — On 2/18/22, California Assemblymember Laura Friedman (D-Glendale) introduced Assembly Bill 2771 to ban the sale in California of cosmetics and...
Ban PFAS in Textiles (CA AB1817-Ting)
The California Safer Clothes and Textiles Act (AB 1817) would make clothing and textiles safer for all of us by...
People of Color Must Be Protected from Toxic Phthalates
December 10, 2021 Washington, D.C.--In comments submitted on December 8th, four public health and environmental justice organizations called on the...