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Posted on 05/04/2015 7:42:55 AM PDT by GSWarrior
People who are trying to do good for their families and the planet by living a simple life based on traditional skills are facing yet another assault. Artisanal soap makers say new regulations, proposed by Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-California) and Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine), will put them out of business.
The view of Sen. Feinstein and her corporate backers (listed below) is that the Personal Care Products Safety Act (Senate Bill S.1014) will make the world a safer place by scrutinizing “everything from shampoo and hair dye to deodorant and lotion.” She says the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act should be more progressive like laws in Europe rather than antiquated US regulations in effect since the 1930s.
If the industries that back this law are really so concerned about safety, why don’t they voluntarily make healthy products, like the small time producers already do?
Feinstein does not propose to ban these dangerous ingredients from soaps and cosmetics, just regulate them with tests and warning labels, fees, and recall authority. She thinks some of these products, though harmful to health, magically become “safe when used by professionals in a salon or spa setting.”
Companies and brands that support the bill:
Johnson & Johnson, brands include Neutrogena, Aveeno, Clean & Clear, Lubriderm, Johnson’s baby products.
Procter & Gamble, including Pantene, Head & Shoulders, Clairol, Herbal Essences, Secret, Dolce & Gabbana, Gucci, Ivory, CoverGirl, Olay, Sebastian Professional, Vidal Sassoon.
Revlon, brands include Revlon, Almay, Mitchum
Esteee Lauder, brands include Esteee Lauder, Clinique, Origins, Tommy Hilfiger, MAC, La Mer, Bobbi Brown, Donna Karan, Aveda, Michael Kors
Unilever, brands include Dove, Tresemme, Lever, St. Ives, Noxzema, Nexxus, Pond’s, Suave, Sunsilk, Vaseline, Degree.
L’Oreeal, brands include L’Oreeal Paris, Lancome, Giorgio Armani, Yves Saint Laurent, Kiehl’s, Essie, Garnier, Maybelline-New York, Vichy, La Roche-Posay, The Body Shop, Redken.
Probably. Proctor and Gamble (etc) lose out big time as people turn to products that are more natural.
Its Glenn Beck!
Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping!
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well whaddya know...P&G really IS in league with the Devil...
“Personal Care Products Safety Act (Senate Bill S.1014)”
Here we go again
Dang it...
I would think with I could see “Personal Care Products” in the Constitution, but for some reason I can’t find it.
Once again, this shows that I have an older version of the Constitution. Mine doesn’t list raisin control, ketchup speed control, smelly body products, and others as one of the specific authorities given to the federal government.
Can someone point me to where I can download a latest version of the Constitution?
One that specifically authorizes (enumerates) federal government authority over such things as:
- the amount of water in my toilet bowl
- the type of light bulbs I use
- body stench removal products
- how fast ketchup should flow out of the bottle
- and also raisin control.
GET over HERE!
You got it!
Keeping America free from their own free choice.
Fienstein is looking for a legacy for her retirement from FedGovt. other than firearms.
I'll bet most of these cosmetics companies have made donations to the Fienstein political retirement fund.
Do you need any further proof that Corporate America has taken over FedGovt. away from "We The People" ?
This is a case of 'looking for a problem' that doesnt exist !
This is another Schumerism !- getting face time in front of the press !
Ummm, restaurants are government licensed.
As are the ranch where the beef you plan to grill at home was raised, as was the slaughter house, the butcher, the truck driver, the charcoal maker, the steel foundry that made your grill, the factory that provided the ingredients for yous barbecue sauce, and the company that made your meat thermometer.
You DO use a meat thermometer, don't you, don't you???
Lord only knows what could happen making meatloaf!
Er, I think you missed my point, but that’s OK.
It’s a dirty shame.....................
Maybe, but my additional point was even stuff you “do at home” is highly regulated in subtle and invidious ways.
Why compete with home based products, when you can have them legislated out of existence?
Excellent! That was a point I missed!
That's the Democrat way. Regulate them out of business.........................
OMG, We gotta shut down “Small SOAP”.... Sez “big SOAP”...
I wonder how much “Dial” and “SC Johston Wax” is greeseing the palms in DC?
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