05.26.17
The National Alliance for Hispanic Health, the nation's leading Hispanic health advocacy group, went to Washington, DC yesterday to announce its support of the Personal Care Products Safety Act (S.1113), introduced by Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA). Alliance members visited, called, and wrote members of Congress.
"Consumers deserve to know that their daily routine of applying makeup, using aftershave, or washing their children's hair will not put their health at risk," said Jane L. Delgado, PhD, MS, president and CEO of the National Alliance for Hispanic Health. "Everyday millions of men and women use cosmetics and personal care products like shampoo and lotion and assume that they are safe but the FDA does not have adequate authority to ensure the ingredients in these products that American families use daily are safe, nor does FDA have adequate authority to recall these products if they are found to be dangerous.”
According to Dr. Delgado, this “legislation, if enacted, would represent the first new consumer protections on cosmetics and personal care products in almost 80 years. It is action long overdue and we look forward to the bill becoming law," concluded Dr. Delgado.
"Consumers deserve to know that their daily routine of applying makeup, using aftershave, or washing their children's hair will not put their health at risk," said Jane L. Delgado, PhD, MS, president and CEO of the National Alliance for Hispanic Health. "Everyday millions of men and women use cosmetics and personal care products like shampoo and lotion and assume that they are safe but the FDA does not have adequate authority to ensure the ingredients in these products that American families use daily are safe, nor does FDA have adequate authority to recall these products if they are found to be dangerous.”
According to Dr. Delgado, this “legislation, if enacted, would represent the first new consumer protections on cosmetics and personal care products in almost 80 years. It is action long overdue and we look forward to the bill becoming law," concluded Dr. Delgado.
