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Clearly not as the US has adopted that mindset for new chemicals. From the linked article... "The US has similar rules for new chemicals entering the market bu

Clearly not as the US has adopted that mindset for new chemicals. From the linked article... "The US has similar rules for new chemicals entering the market but no such precautionary principles for the thousands of potential toxins already in use"

makomk 7y ago
Hang on - doesn't that mean that every single chemical that was used in US cosmetics but not EU cosmetics would automatically be banned by Europe rather than the US, regardless of whether there was any particular reason it would be unsafe?