FDA, Cosmetics Industry Lock Out Consumer, Public Health Groups from Meeting
WWASHINGTON – As FDA officials and the cosmetics industry prepared to huddle behind closed doors without input from outside groups to discuss “regulatory obstacles” between countries, Environmental Working Group (EWG) released the results of a new investigation that found literally hundreds of cosmetics sold in the U.S. containing chemicals the industry itself has determined to be unsafe even when used as directed. Many of the products lining the shelves of stores in the U.S. actually included chemicals most other countries have outright banned. In a letter to the head of FDA, EWG protested the absence of public health, consumer and environmental organizations at the meeting scheduled for Thursday of this week in Brussels.
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EWG is a nonprofit research organization based in Washington, DC that uses the power of information to protect human health and the environment. The results of EWG’s investigation can be found at https://www.ewg.org/node/22610, along with a copy of the letter to FDA.