CARB launches 2025 Technical Assessment for Personal Fragrance Products VOC Compliance

CARB launches 2025 Technical Assessment for Personal Fragrance Products VOC Compliance

California Air Resources Board is conducting its 2025 Personal Fragrance Products Technical Assessment to evaluate the feasibility of meeting the 50% VOC limit using current and emerging technologies. All required data submissions must be provided by March 31, 2026,...
SB 54 Update: CalRecycle Releases Updated CMC List & First-Ever Recycling Rates

SB 54 Update: CalRecycle Releases Updated CMC List & First-Ever Recycling Rates

CalRecycle has officially published the annual update to the Covered Material Categories (CMC) list under California’s SB 54 (Plastic Pollution and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act). This update, effective Jan 2026, is critical for determining if your packaging...

California Proposed Prop 65 “Safe Harbor” Level for Diethanolamine

California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has announced a significant proposed rule for the cosmetics and personal care industry. The agency is proposing to establish a formal No Significant Risk Level (NSRL), or “safe harbor” limit, for...
Extension of Comment Period for Proposed Amendment to Section 25705(b) on Safe Exposure Levels for Titanium Dioxide Under Proposition 65

Extension of Comment Period for Proposed Amendment to Section 25705(b) on Safe Exposure Levels for Titanium Dioxide Under Proposition 65

In 2011, titanium dioxide (TiO2) was added to California’s Proposition 65 list after the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classified it as a group 2B agent, indicating it is possibly carcinogenic when present as “airborne, unbound particles of...