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Committee hears bill to limit toxic metals in personal-care and menstrual products
Summary
HB7110 would impose enforceable limits, independent testing, reporting and labeling requirements for toxic metals (lead, cadmium, arsenic) in personal-care products and menstrual products. Supporters argued safer alternatives already exist and cited state precedents; industry letters of opposition raised implementation and cost concerns.
Representative Elzate presented House Bill 7110, the Personal Hygiene Products Safety and Toxic Metal Removal Act, telling the committee it would require independent testing, transparent reporting and labeling for products that come into repeated contact with skin or mucous membranes and would set enforceable limits for toxic metals such as lead, cadmium and arsenic.
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