By contrast, that lipstick, shampoo, or deodorant you use every day may have undergone no such testing. More than 21,000 complaints of itching, rashes and hair loss, for instance, have been sent to the manufacturer and distributor of Wen Hair Care products. All told, European officials have restricted or banned more than 1,300 chemicals and groups of chemicals, experts say; the F.D.A. to review a minimum of only five chemicals at a time, it would take years to review many chemicals that scientists and consumers are worried about. The legislation, a compromise between the wishes of industry and consumer groups, would also pre-empt state regulations of cosmetics.

Source: New York Times August 18, 2016 00:00 UTC