California Exempts Trace Contaminants In Green Reg Draft
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Under the proposed reg, firms marketing products with “chemicals of concern” would need to explore alternative ingredients and possibly reformulate or remove the products from the market. But when a trace contaminant is unintentional, the marketer would not be subject to the requirements.
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