Industry Seeks Revised Prop 65 Listing To Exclude Safe Hair-Dye Agent
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Confusion regarding – and lawsuits citing – the Proposition 65 listing for diaminotoluene (mixed) has prompted the Personal Care Products Council and retailer Big Lots Stores to ask for a reassessment by the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment's Carcinogen Identification Committee. The stakeholders maintain that widely used hair-dye ingredient 2,5diaminotoluene is being targeted baselessly due to the "flawed and unclear" listing.