Laws & regulations
ECHA scientists urge EU to broadly restrict PFAS ’forever chemicals’
"Forever chemicals" pose a growing risk to health and the environment and should be broadly banned across the European Union, with some...
French health agency moves to ban or curb a series of phthalates
To prevent previously unregulated yet potentially harmful phthalates from substituting those already banned or restricted, French Agency...
EU ban on ’forever chemicals’ set for delay
EU plans to ban "forever chemicals" will likely not see the light before the tail end of the year, EU officials said on Monday, January...
Urban wastewater: industry calls to suspend an “unfair”, and “flawed” text
Representatives of the cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries voiced their disappointment that their arguments concerning the...
French ban on so-called ‘forever chemicals’ in cosmetics set to take effect in 2026
France will introduce a ban on the production and sale of cosmetics and most clothing containing polluting and health-threatening...
FDA moves to update sunscreen standards with the addition of bemotrizinol
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has taken the first steps in more than two decades to add a new U.V. filter to its list of...
French and U.S. industry groups warn consumers about counterfeit cosmetics
Ahead of the festive season, the fragrance and cosmetics industry is warning of a wave of fakes, dupes, counterfeits and non-compliant...
Sewer-blocking plastic wet wipes face ban in England
England will ban the sale and supply of wet wipes containing plastic, a huge cause of pollution and sewer blockages, the UK government...
EU parliament adopts curbs on plastic pellet pollution
The European Parliament on Thursday, October 23, definitively adopted rules clamping down on pollution from the tiny pellets that...
What’s new in the Cosmos standard for organic and natural cosmetics?
On September 25, the Cosmébio association and the certification bodies Ecocert, Bureau Veritas, and Cosmécert unveiled a major update to...
