The Zero Mercury Working Group (ZMWG) has been investigating mercury-added skin lightening products (SLPs) for several years, primarily due to their health risks, their illegality under many national laws,
Environmental hazards of synthetic surfactants (Chemical agents that reduce surface tension that are used in detergents, cosmetics etc) cause increased interest on bio surfactants, said Ashok Pandey, scientist
A Bill further to amend the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940. This Act may be called the Drugs and Cosmetics (Amendment) Act, 2014.
Australian cosmetics could finally become free from animal testing with a new public consultation being launched to figure out how to enact laws that will completely ban the practice. Stopping animal
Cosmetics manufacturers operating without valid licences are now under the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) radar. Four such manufacturers in Pune, Sangli, Kolhapur and Solapur were found operating
<p>Petition filed in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis State of Missouri in the matter of Angie Wait & Others Vs Johnson & Johnson dated 23/06/2014 regarding linkage between talcum powder
Humane Society International (HIS)/India’s Be Cruelty Free campaign has submitted a petition signed by more than 70,000 people, supporting the proposed import ban on cosmetics tested on animals abroad.
Beijing set up a commission on Tuesday to assess food and drug safety in the capital city, as scandals continue to erode public confidence. The commission focuses on issues in four categories: food safety,
Gov. Pat Quinn signed legislation Sunday that he says gives Illinois the distinction as the first state in the nation to ban the sale and manufacture of soaps and cosmetics containing microbeads. Synthetic
Millions of people are unwittingly pouring hundreds of tonnes of tiny plastic beads down the drain. These can persist in the environment for more than 100 years, and have been found to contaminate a wide
The 'herbal' tag might not always mean 'harmless', say experts, thanks to undefined laws, a lack of regulation and the mostly passive Indian consumer. A recent survey of leading cosmetic brands by the
