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US cosmetics are full of chemicals banned by Europe – why?
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1166" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/22/chemicals-in-cosmetics-us-restricted-eu" target="_blank"><strong>US cosmetics are full of chemicals banned by Europe – why? - The Guardian</strong></a><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>A long list of potentially harmful ingredients banned in the EU are legally allowed in the US due to historically relaxed regulations </strong></p><p></p><p>brief but telling piece of legislation was put forward in Connecticut in January. Just three lines in length, the <a href="https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00075-R00-SB.PDF" target="_blank">bill</a> calls for any cosmetics in the state to “meet the chemical safety standards established by the European Union”.</p><p></p><p>The move, unlikely to be made law, is the latest signal of mounting anguish over the enfeebled regulation of everyday products in the US compared with European countries. Across a span of cosmetics, including makeup, toothpaste and shampoo, to items ranging from household cleaners to fruit juice to cheese, hundreds of potentially harmful ingredients banned in the EU are legally allowed in the US.</p><p></p><p>“Many Americans are unaware that they are absorbing untested and unsafe chemicals in their products,” said Alex Bergstein, a state senator who put forward the Connecticut legislation. Bergstein was previously the chair of the Mount Sinai Children’s Environmental health center.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1166, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/22/chemicals-in-cosmetics-us-restricted-eu'][B]US cosmetics are full of chemicals banned by Europe – why? - The Guardian[/B][/URL][B] A long list of potentially harmful ingredients banned in the EU are legally allowed in the US due to historically relaxed regulations [/B] brief but telling piece of legislation was put forward in Connecticut in January. Just three lines in length, the [URL='https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00075-R00-SB.PDF']bill[/URL] calls for any cosmetics in the state to “meet the chemical safety standards established by the European Union”. The move, unlikely to be made law, is the latest signal of mounting anguish over the enfeebled regulation of everyday products in the US compared with European countries. Across a span of cosmetics, including makeup, toothpaste and shampoo, to items ranging from household cleaners to fruit juice to cheese, hundreds of potentially harmful ingredients banned in the EU are legally allowed in the US. “Many Americans are unaware that they are absorbing untested and unsafe chemicals in their products,” said Alex Bergstein, a state senator who put forward the Connecticut legislation. Bergstein was previously the chair of the Mount Sinai Children’s Environmental health center. [/QUOTE]
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