Quote Originally Posted by jnats View Post
with all do respect, hogwash. The fair Labeling Act of 1967 was bought and paid for with lobbyists for corporate interests, as all laws are- it's not a peace treaty it's negotiating a terms of engagement for war against consumers.
Pthalates and other plasticizers are an environmental toxin that they put into crap because it makes scents cheaply and last longer than more natural methods. It's in most everything you buy with a scent- but they don't have to say because they negotiated surreptitious terms in labeling regulations.



How to know if there are phthalates in the cosmetics you use

Under the authority of the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (FPLA), FDA requires an ingredient declaration on cosmetic products sold at the retail level to consumers. Consumers can tell whether some products contain phthalates by reading the ingredient declaration on the labels of such products.
However, the regulations do not require the listing of the individual fragrance ingredients; therefore, the consumer will not be able to determine from the ingredient declaration if phthalates are present in a fragrance. Also, because the FPLA does not apply to products used exclusively by professionals--for example, in salons--the requirement for an ingredient declaration does not apply to these products. Based on available safety information, DEP does not pose known risks for human health as it is currently used in cosmetics and fragrances. Consumers who nevertheless do not want to purchase cosmetics containing DEP may wish to choose products that do not include "Fragrance" in the ingredient listing.

Source: FDA website
Phthalates

Go ahead and find a list of large corporations, whose lobbyist are pushing these bills whose products are pthalate free

The FDA is not a vestige of protection for humanity it is a corporate shill that would sell your organs on the black market if times got rough and the pharmaceutical companies stopped feeding it.
Like I said there are regulation and then there are regulations. There is what they should do and then there is what they do now. It can be 2 completely different things.

I never believed that the WHMIS system introduced here in the 1980s iirc was to protect workers but more to mitigate companies exposure to liability in the case of industrial related disease. The lawsuits over asbestos come to mind.

Bob