SACREMENTO, CA - - March 28 -- On March 30 Senate Bill 484 and Assembly Bill 908 will be introduced in the legislature, aiming to ensure the safety of cosmetics and personal care products produced and sold in California. Current loopholes in federal law allow companies to put chemicals linked to cancer and reproductive harm in personal care products. Representatives of health advocacy organizations will join the bill authors, Senator Carol Migden and Assemblymember Judy Chu, to formally introduce these important bills.

What: Press Conference Announcing Introduction of Safe Cosmetics Legislation to Protect Consumer and Worker Health
When: Wednesday, March 30, 10:00am
Where: State Capitol Building Room 317, Sacramento, CA
Who: Senator Carol Migden, SB 484 Author
Assemblymember Judy Chu, AB 908 Author
Julia Liou, Asian Health Services
Barbara Brenner, Breast Cancer Action
Janet Nudelman, Breast Cancer Fund
Sasha Hoffman, Miss India America Teen

SB 484 would require manufacturers to disclose harmful chemicals in their products to the state, while AB 908 would prohibit the use of two phthalates (chemicals linked to asthma, birth defects and cancer).

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