On September 30, 2020, the US state of
California banned 24 substances from inclusion in cosmetic products.
AB2762 Cosmetic Products: Safety will
come into effect on January 1, 2025. It prohibits the manufacturing, selling,
delivering, holding, or offering for sale in commerce any cosmetic products
that contains any of eleven intentionally added substances or the use of
perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) and their salts.
The eleven intentionally added
substances are:
1. Dibutyl phthalate
2. Diethylhexyl phthalate
3. Formaldehyde
4. Paraformaldehyde
5. Methylene glycol
6. Quaternium-15
7. Mercury
8. Isobutylparaben
9. Isopropylparaben
10. m-Phenylenediamine and its salts
11. o-Phenylenediamine and its salts
The PFAS and their salts include:
12. Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS); heptadecafluorooctane-1-sulfonic acid
13. Potassium perfluorooctanesulfonate; potassium
heptadecafluorooctane-1-sulfonate
14. Diethanolamine perfluorooctane sulfonate
15. Ammonium perfluorooctane sulfonate; ammonium
heptadecafluorooctanesulfonate
16. Lithium perfluorooctane sulfonate; lithium
heptadecafluorooctanesulfonate
17. Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)
18. Ammonium pentadecafluorooctanoate
19. Nonadecafluorodecanoic acid
20. Ammonium nonadecafluorodecanoate
21. Sodium nonadecafluorodecanoate
22. Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA)
23. Sodium heptadecafluorononanoate
24. Ammonium perfluorononanoate
Stakeholders should note that
technically unavoidable trace quantities of the 24 substances are not within
the scope of the violation. These could be due to impurities of natural or
synthetic ingredients, the manufacturing process, storage, or migration from
packaging.
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