Small U.S. town takes up on safer cosmetics campaign
By Simon Pitman

Cosmetics Design
January 24, 2008

As debate over regulation and the safety of cosmetics in the United States continues to heat up, campaigns by consumer advocacy groups are starting to trigger action at a grass roots level.

With a population of just over 25,000 the town of Belmont in Massachusetts would not be considered to be the first place to launch an awareness program over the potential dangers of certain chemicals contained in personal care products.

Nevertheless, Sustainable Belmont, a sub-group of Belmont Vision 21 Implementation Committee, has picked up on the word being spread by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, which has been pressurizing YUS cosmetic manufacturers to eliminate potentially harmful ingredients from products.

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