Blogs that apply to the United States of America
FTC extends comment period for proposed Green Guides changes UPDATE: The U.S Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that the public comment period deadline regarding the potential updates to the Green Guides for the Use of Environmental Claims has been extended from February 21, 2023 to April 24, 2023. Interested parties are encouraged to submit […]
The California Cosmetic Fragrance and Flavor Ingredient Right to Know Act of 2020 (SB 312) came into effect on January 1, 2022, and only applies to the State of California in the USA. Its purpose is to allow consumers and industry professionals to make informed purchasing decisions by providing them with cosmetic product ingredient information. […]
The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) published proposed amendments to the short form Proposition 65 (Prop 65) warning regulation. These amendments are in response to the comments received from the original proposal. The OEHHA has modified the proposed regulation to improve the short-form warnings to provide consumers more specific information, […]
On January 8, 2021, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) released proposed amendments to Article 6 of the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65). The proposed amendments are intended to address the OEHHA’s concerns over the current use of short-form warnings for consumer products and to provide clarification […]
On February 16th, 2021, the United States Government Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to revise the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) to align with Revision 7 of the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS). The revision has three main goals: 1) to […]
On 30 September 2020, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 2762 into law, making California the first US state to ban the sale of cosmetics containing more than trace amounts of 24 toxic substances. The Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act, effective 1 January 2025, will ban the manufacture of sale of cosmetics containing listed substances linked to […]
Past and Upcoming Deadlines for the California Cleaning Product Right to Know Act of 2017 California’s Cleaning Product Right to Know Act of 2017 (SB 258) applies to four categories of cleaning products. These “designated products” include air care products, automotive products, general cleaning products, and polishes or floor maintenance products, with some […]
As of November 22, 2019, the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) regulations have prohibited the manufacturing (including import), processing, and distribution of methylene chloride in all paint removers for consumers. The EPA is urging consumers to stop using products that contain methylene chloride that they may have already purchased. The final regulation on methylene chloride […]
The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) mandates EPA to designate substances on the TSCA Chemical Substance Inventory as either “active” or “inactive” in U.S. commerce. To achieve this, EPA finalized a rule that requires industry to report chemicals manufactured, imported, or processed in the U.S. over the ten-year “lookback” period ending on 21 June 2016. […]