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Article: Sen. Kennedy blasts cosmetics makers, calls for more rules.(Sen. Ted Kennedy attacks cosmetics firms on product safety issues and proposes new legislation for cosmetics manufacturers)
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- WWD
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- September 8, 1997
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Ted Kennedy is ready to duke it out with the beauty industry.
In a blistering attack on Friday against cosmetics manufacturers, Sen. Kennedy (D., Mass.), said the industry was "underregulated and too often hazardous" and recounted instances of injuries incurred from the use of products such as hair color, mascara and facial peels.
His attack was spurred by a bill now before the Senate, dubbed the Food and Drug Administration Modernization and Accountability Act of 1997, that allows the FDA to levy user fees on pharmaceutical manufacturers to cover the costs of drug safety.
Kennedy is disputing a provision in the bill that would prevent states from ...