California moves to regulate toxic chemicals in consumer products
Manufacturers will have to find safer alternatives
While efforts to reform the federal Toxic Chemicals Safety Act continue to inch slowly forward, the state of California has taken a bold regulatory leap into controlling toxic chemicals – at least those found in consumer products.
The Safer Consumer Products initiative by the state’s Department of Toxic Substances Control (DESC) calls for publishing a list of chemicals that will be used to identify and eventually reformulate consumer products that could endanger public health and the environment.