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Article: CONSUMER GROUP FORCES NAIL POLISH INDUSTRY TO REMOVE HARMFUL CHEMICAL IN MAJOR LEGAL SETTLEMENT
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- PR Newswire
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- August 31, 1993
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Procter & Gamble, Cosmair, Del Labs Are Among Settling Companies
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Women will no longer need to worry about the health effects of toluene from nail polish thanks to the legal efforts of As You Sow (AYS), a San Francisco-based environmental and consumer foundation that in less than six months, forced a recalcitrant $20 billion a year cosmetic industry, including giants Procter & Gamble (maker of Cover Girl and Max Factor) and Cosmair (maker of L'Oreal and Lancome) to reformulate their entire line of nail polish products.
With precedent-setting legal settlements approved yesterday by the San Francisco Superior Court, 17 more major ...