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Article: Air rules sticky for hair spray.(second California Air Resources Board regulation on volatile organic compounds will affect hair spray producers)
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- WWD
- Article date:
- June 27, 1997
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Emissions from factories and automobiles were the focus of tighter air pollution regulations approved by President Clinton on Wednesday. But in California, the legislative focus of the environmental war has shifted in recent years from factories and automobiles to personal care products. Along the way, the seemingly innocuous hair spray ended up a major target of environmental laws.
When the California Air Resources Board enacted a regulation in 1993 requiring all hair sprays sold in the state to have no more than 80 percent volatile organic compounds (VOCs) as the propellant, most manufacturers responded by adding water to their formulas. The industry barely ...