The main topic of programming at last month’s PCPC Annual Meeting event was sustainability. As part of that discussion, the EWG was invited to speak about how NGOs and beauty industry insiders can best work together.
The nonprofit intends to increase consumer access to information about what’s in personal care, food, household cleaners, and other goods and is working with licensing and brand management company Healthy Lifestyle Brands to orchestrate the program.
As news of the Environmental Working Group’s list of worst sunscreens continues to spread in the US media, one article goes viral leading to fears for consumer safety and the reputation of sunscreen manufacturers.
Cosmetics trade association the Personal Care Products Council (PCPC) has responded to the annual sunscreen report from the Environmental Working Group (EWG) that this year recommends less than a tenth of products on the market.
While UVA protection in sunscreens has improved significantly in the last year, only a small number of products provide overall adequate safety and protection, according to interest group the EWG.
The consumer lobby group Environmental Working Group has launched a
new website that gives brand-by-brand safety ratings for some
14,500 cosmetic and personal care products currently sold on the US
market - a move that industry representatives...
