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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9869

26 March 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 14 / 31
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/consumers
Way open for adoption for regulation on cosmetic products, with safety rules for nanomaterials

Brussels, 25/03/2009 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament has approved an update of legislation on cosmetic products, harmonising and simplifying it and, at the same time, bringing in greater product safety in the interests of consumers, through introduction of minimum standards for safety testing, including of nanomaterials. Nanomaterials, super small materials, are used in many common cosmetic products, but there are questions over the health risks they carry.

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