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Illinois Rep To Introduce Cosmetics Legislation

Regs would require mandatory safety testing and full disclosure of ingredients

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By: TOM BRANNA

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Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-Illinois) is said to be writing a bill that would impose federal regulation on cosmetics, according to the author of Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry.

Author Stacy Malkan is a spokeswoman for The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, a group that calls for mandatory safety testing, full disclosure of ingredients, banning the worst chemicals, substituting safer alternatives, and giving the FDA real power and authority over the cosmetics industry.

Kathleen Dezio, spokesperson for the Personal Care Products Council, calls Malkan “an anti-chemical activist.”

“She’s cherry picking of the science to support a political agenda,” Dezio says.

“The anti-chemical movement has a political agenda, as opposed to a purely scientific perspective,” Dezio says.

Moreover, John Bailey, the chief scientist for the Personal Care Products Council and a former FDA regulator, noted that cosmetics are regulated.

“There is a requirement to substantiate the safety,” Bailey told The Corporate Crime Reporter. “When I was at FDA, we had a robust program, we used all of the tools that I had to take action against companies that were marketing unsafe products.”

 

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