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What counts as Banned chemicals in cosmetics and…?
Only Vermont (US state) defines Banned chemicals in cosmetics and menstrual products in its law. Read the definition below. You tell us if your product contains it; we never guess from its name.
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The chemicals of 9 V.S.A. 2494b(a)(3)-(14) when intentionally added to a cosmetic or menstrual product in any amount: formaldehyde, methylene glycol, mercury and compounds, 1,4-dioxane, isopropylparaben, isobutylparaben, lead and compounds, asbestos, triclosan, m-phenylenediamine and salts (the statute prints CAS 108-42-5; the usual CAS 108-45-2 is also listed), o-phenylenediamine and salts, quaternium-15.
Formaldehyde, Methanediol; methylene glycol, Mercury, 1,4-Dioxane, Isopropyl 4-hydroxybenzoate (INCI: Isopropylparaben) Sodium salt or Salts of Isopropylparaben, Isobutyl 4-hydroxybenzoate (INCI: Isobutylparaben), Lead, 5-Chloro-2- (2,4- dichlorophenoxy) phenol, m-Phenylenediamine and its salts, o-Phenylenediamine and its salts, Cis-1-(3-chloroallyl)-3,5,7- triaza-1-azoniaadamantane chloride (cis-CTAC), Asbestos
“any cosmetic or menstrual product to which the following chemicals or chemical classes have been intentionally added in any amount:”
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- The chemicals of 9 V.S.A. 2494b(a)(3)-(14) when intentionally added to a cosmetic or menstrual product in any amount: formaldehyde, methylene glycol, mercury and compounds, 1,4-dioxane, isopropylparaben, isobutylparaben, lead and compounds, asbestos, triclosan, m-phenylenediamine and salts (the statute prints CAS 108-42-5; the usual CAS 108-45-2 is also listed), o-phenylenediamine and salts, quaternium-15.
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- Formaldehyde, Methanediol; methylene glycol, Mercury, 1,4-Dioxane, Isopropyl 4-hydroxybenzoate (INCI: Isopropylparaben) Sodium salt or Salts of Isopropylparaben, Isobutyl 4-hydroxybenzoate (INCI: Isobutylparaben), Lead, 5-Chloro-2- (2,4- dichlorophenoxy) phenol, m-Phenylenediamine and its salts, o-Phenylenediamine and its salts, Cis-1-(3-chloroallyl)-3,5,7- triaza-1-azoniaadamantane chloride (cis-CTAC), Asbestos
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“any cosmetic or menstrual product to which the following chemicals or chemical classes have been intentionally added in any amount:”
9 V.S.A. 2494b(a) (excerpt) · fetched 2026-10-08Vermont Legislature / Attorney General: 9 V.S.A. 2494b(a)(opens in a new tab)
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