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  • Oct 19, 2024 | insights.citeline.com | Ryan Nelson

    The US Microbead Ban: Are There Teeth, And Would PHAs Pass Through? FDA likely will need to issue guidance to clarify exactly what materials are covered by the ban on plastic microbead use in selected personal-care products – i.e., a definition of “plastic” – and what the consequences of a violation could be. The issue could be of particular relevance to companies exploring gray-area replacement materials such as biodegradable PHA.

  • Oct 19, 2024 | insights.citeline.com | Ryan Nelson

    Beauty Without Microplastic: Consumer Expectations For Cosmetic Products May Have To ChangeKelly Dobos, a consultant, adjunct professor, and former president of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists, discusses the challenges facing beauty businesses and formulators, and the changes to cosmetic products that could be coming consumers’ way, under developing bans on microplastic use.

  • Oct 19, 2024 | insights.citeline.com | Ryan Nelson

    California DTSC Begins Taking Notifications Of Nail Products Containing TolueneEffective 1 January, Nail Products Containing Toluene are the latest Priority Product adopted under California’s Safer Consumer Products regulation, requiring notifications from responsible entities by 2 March or 60 days after affected products enter the market. Alternatives analysis work will follow for companies that do not reformulate or discontinue products, among other options.

  • Oct 19, 2024 | insights.citeline.com | Ryan Nelson

    California DTSC Moving Hair-Straightening, Nail Product Ingredients, 1-4-Dioxane Through SCP ProcessNail products containing toluene became the Safer Consumer Products program’s first Priority Product in the beauty and personal-care category in January 2023, triggering alternatives analysis requirements. More nail product chemicals are under evaluation by California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control, as well as hair-straightening chemicals and 1,4-dioxane.

  • Apr 19, 2024 | washingtontechnology.com | Ryan Nelson |Ryan Nelson

    With the recent release of the White House’s fiscal 2025 budget proposal, it’s important to remember we are now entering the second half of fiscal 2024 spending. For government contractors, as they enter this period of bidding and awards, it’s important to focus on where the Department of Defense will focus its IT spending. The final congressional agreement for 2024 budgeting set DoD funding at $825 billion, only somewhat less than the original request.

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