The draft law regulating the production of toxic cosmetics reused into the American Senate. A new study showed that more than half of the care products tested in the United States and Canada contain hazardous fluorine-containing chemicals. Reports about it The Guardian.
Substances from the PFAS group found in cosmetic products can weaken the immunity, violate the development of the child, affect the reproductive system and increase the likelihood of certain types of cancer. These compounds do not decompose and, hitting the human body, remain there forever.
American standards for the permissible chemical composition of cosmetics have not changed for over 80 years, while in Europe these norms are constantly being improved. In this regard, Senators Diane Pienstein and Susan Collins re-offered to discuss the law on the safety of personal hygiene. According to this legislative act, companies will be required to provide information on all ingredients used in their products, and demonstrate their safety. It is also proposed that all manufacturers have a mandatory registration in sanitary supervision management and medicines (FDA).
The bill was first made in 2015, but then he was not adopted. This year, in the US, interest in the subject of security of consumers was revived and awareness of the potential danger of the PFAS group has increased. The initiative of Senator Faynstein and Collins support such cosmetics giants such as Unilever, Procter and Gamble, Estee Lauder Group, Revlon, Beautycounter and Johnson and Johnson.
Before that, the law prohibiting the use of these compounds in the production of cosmetics, received the authorities of the Maine state in the north-east of the country in the hope that this will encourage the federal government to similar measures.