DENVER—Earlier this month, the Colorado Safe Personal Care Products Act was introduced to the Colorado State Legislature by Rep. Diane Rep. Diane Primavera (D-Broomfield) and Sen. Betty Boyd (D-Colorado).
The bill “prohibits a manufacturer from knowingly selling, offering for sale, or distributing for sale or use in Colorado on and after September 1, 2011, any personal care product that contains a chemical identified as causing cancer or reproductive toxicity. The bill sets forth legislative findings and declarations regarding chemicals in consumer products and the harmful health effects of those chemicals, particularly on women of childbearing age, fetuses, and children. The bill further establishes a process for identifying those chemicals that cannot be contained in personal care products sold or distributed in Colorado by recognizing existing lists of harmful chemicals established by authoritative bodies such as the United States environmental protection agency, the international agency for research on cancer, the national toxicology program, and the national institute for occupational safety and health … If a manufacturer violates the act, the bill authorizes the imposition of a civil penalty of up to $5,000 per violation per product for the first offense and up to $10,000 per violation per product for a second or subsequent offense.”
The House Judiciary is currently reviewing the bill with a possible effective date of Aug. 11, 2010.