ECHA Requests Stakeholder Input On Microplastic Use; Possible Restrictions To Follow
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
The cosmetics industry likely will want to steer ECHA away from leave-on cosmetics and non-cleansing/exfoliating rinse-off products containing microplastic particles. NGOs and lawmakers in some European member states have called for microplastic bans that include those product categories, which would exceed prohibitions in the US and phase-outs voluntarily undertaken by industry.
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