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What counts as Banned cosmetic ingredients?
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The 12 numbered ingredients of Md. Health-General 21-259.2(b): DBP, DEHP, formaldehyde, paraformaldehyde, methylene glycol, quaternium-15, mercury, isobutylparaben, isopropylparaben, m- and o-phenylenediamine and salts, and 13 listed PFAS and salts, when intentionally added. The statute prints CAS 335-76-2 for nonadecafluorodecanoic acid (21-259.2(b)(12)(viii)); the group uses that number as printed (the California text prints 355-76-2 for the same substance).
Di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP), Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP), Formaldehyde, Paraformaldehyde, Methanediol; methylene glycol, Cis-1-(3-chloroallyl)-3,5,7- triaza-1-azoniaadamantane chloride (cis-CTAC), Mercury, Isobutyl 4-hydroxybenzoate (INCI: Isobutylparaben), Isopropyl 4-hydroxybenzoate (INCI: Isopropylparaben) Sodium salt or Salts of Isopropylparaben, m-Phenylenediamine and its salts, o-Phenylenediamine and its salts, Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), Potassium perfluorooctanesulfonate; potassium heptadecafluorooctane-1-sulfonate, Diethanolamine perfluorooctane sulfonate, Ammonium perfluorooctane sulfonate, Lithium perfluorooctane sulfonate, Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), Perfluorooctanoic acid, ammonium salt, Nonadecafluorodecanoic acid, Ammonium nonadecafluorodecanoate, Sodium nonadecafluorodecanoate, Perfluorononan-1-oic acid, Sodium heptadecafluorononanoate, Ammonium perfluorononanoate
“a person may not knowingly manufacture, sell, deliver, hold, or offer for sale in the State a cosmetic product that contains any of the following intentionally added ingredients:”
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- The 12 numbered ingredients of Md. Health-General 21-259.2(b): DBP, DEHP, formaldehyde, paraformaldehyde, methylene glycol, quaternium-15, mercury, isobutylparaben, isopropylparaben, m- and o-phenylenediamine and salts, and 13 listed PFAS and salts, when intentionally added. The statute prints CAS 335-76-2 for nonadecafluorodecanoic acid (21-259.2(b)(12)(viii)); the group uses that number as printed (the California text prints 355-76-2 for the same substance).
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- Di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP), Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP), Formaldehyde, Paraformaldehyde, Methanediol; methylene glycol, Cis-1-(3-chloroallyl)-3,5,7- triaza-1-azoniaadamantane chloride (cis-CTAC), Mercury, Isobutyl 4-hydroxybenzoate (INCI: Isobutylparaben), Isopropyl 4-hydroxybenzoate (INCI: Isopropylparaben) Sodium salt or Salts of Isopropylparaben, m-Phenylenediamine and its salts, o-Phenylenediamine and its salts, Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), Potassium perfluorooctanesulfonate; potassium heptadecafluorooctane-1-sulfonate, Diethanolamine perfluorooctane sulfonate, Ammonium perfluorooctane sulfonate, Lithium perfluorooctane sulfonate, Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), Perfluorooctanoic acid, ammonium salt, Nonadecafluorodecanoic acid, Ammonium nonadecafluorodecanoate, Sodium nonadecafluorodecanoate, Perfluorononan-1-oic acid, Sodium heptadecafluorononanoate, Ammonium perfluorononanoate
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“a person may not knowingly manufacture, sell, deliver, hold, or offer for sale in the State a cosmetic product that contains any of the following intentionally added ingredients:”
Health-General 21-259.2(b) (excerpt) · fetched 2026-10-09Maryland General Assembly (mgaleg): Health-General 21-259.2(b)(opens in a new tab)
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