A law hoped for approval by the French Parliament, an opinion by the European Scientific Committee on Consumers’ Safety (SCCS) in view of a further regulation (and new restrictions) for some of them … the net is tightening around Parabens. The matter of the true toxicity of these preservatives still widely used in cosmetics has not yet come to an end.
April 13, 2011
The proposal for a law, sent by Yvan Lachaud, M.P., had been made on July 13, 2010 and has been studied by the Commission for Social Affairs on April 5.
This text is very simple, with only one article: "Manufacture, import, sales or offer of products containing phthalates,
parabens
or alkylphenols are banned."
Endocrine disruptors … as Bisphenol A
In his report in support of the proposal, the M.P. explained: “What is the common ground between a plasticizer , a preservative and an emulsifier ? These three chemical substances, found in a wide range of products used daily (made of plastics, cosmetic products , detergents, building materials, etc) have effects on reproduction and belong to the endocrine disruptors class.”
Bringing up the last year’s talks in Parliament, which went to the ban of sales of baby bottles containing Bisphenol A, Yvan Lachaud complains that almost nothing more has been done since about these substances. "We are yet far from getting the complete evaluation, supposed to be performed by the different [French] sanitary agencies (INSERM, InVS, AFSSAPS , ANSES) on this topic", he adds.
"Though the implementation of the Reach regulation should allow for a better controlling, even …
