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California's 'Toxic-free Cosmetics' Act Signed into Law banning 24 substances in cosmetic products

November 17, 2020  /  CPTS QA

On September 30, The Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act known as Assembly Bill 2762 was signed into law.

Starting January 1, 2025, a person or entity manufacturing, selling, delivering, holding of offering for sales in commerce any cosmetic product that contains the intentionally added ingredient under the bill is prohibited.

The list of banned ingredients includes:

  1. Dibutyl phthalate (CAS no. 84-74-2).

  2. Diethylhexyl phthalate (CAS no. 117-81-7).

  3. Formaldehyde (CAS no. 50-00-0).

  4. Paraformaldehyde (CAS no. 30525-89-4).

  5. Methylene glycol (CAS no. 463-57-0).

  6. Quaternium-15 (CAS no. 51229-78-8).

  7. Mercury (CAS no. 7439-97-6).

  8. Isobutylparaben (CAS no. 4247-02-3).

  9. Isopropylparaben (CAS no. 4191-73-5).

  10. m-Phenylenediamine and its salts (CAS no. 108-45-2).

  11. o-Phenylenediamine and its salts (CAS no. 95-54-5).

  12. The following per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and their salts:

    1. Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS); heptadecafluorooctane-1-sulfonic acid (CAS no. 1763-23-1).

    2. Potassium perfluorooctanesulfonate; potassium heptadecafluorooctane-1-sulfonate (CAS no. 2795-39-3).

    3. Diethanolamine perfluorooctane sulfonate (CAS 70225-14-8).

    4. Ammonium perfluorooctane sulfonate; ammonium heptadecafluorooctanesulfonate (CAS 29081-56-9).

    5. Lithium perfluorooctane sulfonate; lithium heptadecafluorooctanesulfonate (CAS 29457-72-5).

    6. Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)(CAS no. 335-67-1).

    7. Ammonium pentadecafluorooctanoate (CAS no. 3825-26-1).

    8. Nonadecafluorodecanoic acid (CAS no. 335-76-2).

    9. Ammonium nonadecafluorodecanoate (CAS no. 3108-42-7).

    10. Sodium nonadecafluorodecanoate (CAS no. 3830-45-3).

    11. Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA)(CAS no. 375-95-1).

    12. Sodium heptadecafluorononanoate (CAS no. 21049-39-8).

    13. Ammonium perfluorononanoate (CAS no. 4149-60-4).

Cosmetic products that contain an unavoidable trace amount of the chemicals listed in the ban would be exempt from this regulation.

The list of banned specific ingredients is consistent with the prohibitions under EU cosmetic regulation, No.1223/2009, Annex II, which also prohibits chemicals in cosmetic products sold in the EU market.

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