The Zero Mercury Working Group (ZMWG) has been investigating mercury-added skin lightening products (SLPs) for several years, primarily due to their health risks, their illegality under many national laws, and the prohibition by the Minamata Convention on Mercury against the manufacture and trade of mercury-added SLPs, which generally became effective …
The Zero Mercury Working Group (ZMWG) has been investigating mercury-added skin lightening products (SLPs) for several years, primarily due to their health risks, their illegality under many national laws, and the prohibition by the Minamata Convention on Mercury against the manufacture and trade of mercury-added SLPs, which generally became effective …
The Ministry of Ayush on September 23, 2021 has issued Draft Drugs and Cosmetics (Amendment) Rules, 2021 to further amend the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945. In Rule 30AA which specifies “Import of New Homoeopathic medicines”, has been inserted in the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945, namely: (1) No New …
The Ministry of Ayush on July 02, 2021, has issued a Notification to further amend the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945, and the new Rules called as the Drugs and Cosmetics (Amendment) Rules, 2021. The amended Rule will come into force on the date of their final publication. Any people …
The Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy on 17th March 2021 has published the Draft Drugs and Cosmetics (Amendment) Rules, 2021 to further amend the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945. The Amendment is brought under Part XVI which deals with manufacturing for sale of ayurvedic, siddha …
The State Government has now banned e-cigarettes and other electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) like e-Sheesha, e-hookah and heat-not-burn tobacco device. The Government issued a notification to this effect on Wednesday. As per the 1940 Drugs and Cosmetics Act, the Government banned manufacturing, sale, import and advertisement of all ENDS …
The federal government has passed a law preventing Australian companies from relying on data from animal testing for ingredients to be used solely in cosmetics. More than 500,000 animals – mainly rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, rats and mice – suffer and die in cruel and outdated tests of cosmetic ingredients …
Fake products are sold in the grey market and attract customers with big brand names but low pricing, more and more customers are falling into this trap. Rising demand for deeply discounted cosmetic products is leading to a spurt in fake items, many with import tags, which not only violate …
Sonali Bendre recently revealed that she has been diagnosed with a high-grade cancer that has metastasised. With this news, the actor falls in the category of other celebrities, such as Manisha Koirala, Lisa Ray and, more recently, Irrfan Khan, who were also diagnosed with different types of the disease. What’s …
To prevent indiscriminate sale of topical preparations containing steroids and antibiotics without prescription, the Health Ministry has banned over-the-counter sale of around 14 such creams. In a March 23 notification, the Ministry has put 14 steroid-based creams and ointments under the Schedule H category by making amendments to certain Drugs …
Chennai: A bitter battle between age-old rivals is brewing on social media. The contestants: Sceptical allopaths and combative Siddha practitioners. The referee: A defensive state government. As the fight over the curative power of the herbal concoction, 'nilavembu kudineer', unfolds on stage, it has left the public divided. The cleave …
The chemical and its derivative Tetradibutyl Pentaerithrityl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate are widely used in deodorants and soaps. Hyderabad: Experts say that the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has insufficient information about Pentaerithrityl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, a chemical used to stabilise beauty products. A reply to a query filed under the RTI has revealed that …
To ensure availability of specialist doctors at the secondary and tertiary levels, the Centre today announced the creation of additional 5,000 post- graduate (PG) seats every year even as it increased the budget allocation for the health sector by almost 28 per cent. The government also announced setting up of …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ashwini Kumar Vs. Union of India & Others dated 09/01/2017 regarding use of microbeads in personal care products. NGT in the Order said that as the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization which comes under Ministry of Health to ensure that …
Personal care products are a source of exposure to potentially endocrine-disrupting chemicals such as phthalates, parabens, triclosan, and benzophenone-3 (BP-3) for adolescent girls. Original Source
BRITAIN became the first country Saturday to unveil plans to impose a legal ban on the sale and manufacture of microbeads used in cosmetics and personal care products. According to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the aim is to introduce the ban on microbeads by 2017, …
The next time you're enjoying a trip to the seaside, turn your mind away from the ice-cream vans and sand dunes for a moment and spend a few minutes looking beneath your feet. If you're on a touristy beach such as Bournemouth, swept clean every morning by teams of litter …
Environmental audit committee calls for ban after hearing that microbeads harm marine life and enter the food chain Cosmetics companies must be banned from using plastic microbeads in scrubs, toothpaste and beauty products because of the marine pollution they are causing, say a group of MPs. Members of the environmental …
The numbers of polluting plastic beads commonly found in everyday face scrub have been revealed by scientists. Researchers at Plymouth University found that each time facewash is used, 94,500 “microbeads” can be released into the oceans. The small plastic balls, also found in toothpaste, are too small to be filtered …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has recently issued notices to the ministries of environment, water resources, and health, asking for their comments on microbeads found in personal care products. Microbeads are tiny plastic substances that act as exfoliators (that remove dead cells) on skin and teeth when used in soap, …
Barack Obama has offically banned the use of microbeads in personal cosmetic products that pollute lakes, rivers and oceans. The law, called the‘Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015’, was approved by the House of Representatives earlier this month. Microbeads, which are tiny plastic beads, are regularly used in personal care products …
