Cosmetic Safety: Research, Safer Alternatives, and Salon Worker Protection
This act aims to improve cosmetic safety, especially for communities of color and beauty salon workers. It focuses on researching harmful substances, supporting safer alternatives, and ensuring access to product ingredient information. This will empower citizens with greater awareness of risks and access to safer products, while providing better health protection for salon workers.
Key points
Research into harmful substances in cosmetics, particularly those marketed to women and girls of color, and their health impacts.
Financial support for developing safer alternatives to harmful chemicals in cosmetics, prioritizing products used in salons and those for communities of color.
Mandatory provision of safety data sheets for professional cosmetic products in multiple languages, increasing awareness of risks among salon workers.
Establishment of resource centers to educate communities and salon workers on safe cosmetics and workplace health.
Inclusion of synthetic braids under FDA cosmetic regulation, ensuring safety standards and mandatory warning labels for non-compliance.
Introduced
Citizen Poll