HR 4433
Toxic-Free Beauty Act of 2025
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Bill overview
The Toxic-Free Beauty Act of 2025 aims to protect consumers by banning several potentially harmful chemicals from being used in cosmetic products. Specifically, it prohibits the intentional addition of ingredients like formaldehyde-releasing preservatives, certain parabens, phthalates, and specific contaminants such as lead and asbestos. The bill also defines key terms related to cosmetics and contaminants, and ensures that states can continue to regulate cosmetics to a greater extent than federal law allows.
Key provisions
- Bans the intentional addition of ortho-phthalates and formaldehyde-releasing preservatives.
- Prohibits the use of specific ingredients including formaldehyde, methylene glycol, mercury, and several parabens.
- Restricts the presence of contaminants like 1,4 dioxane, lead, and asbestos in cosmetics.
- Defines ‘color cosmetic,’ ‘contaminant,’ ‘general cosmetic,’ ‘ingredient,’ and ‘intentionally added’ for regulatory clarity.
- Allows states to maintain or strengthen their own cosmetic regulations beyond federal standards.
- Establishes a non-preemption clause, permitting states to continue regulating cosmetics to a greater extent than federal law.
- Sets an effective date of January 1, 2027, for the new regulations.
Who is affected
- Consumers
- Cosmetic Manufacturers
- Cosmetic Retailers
- State Regulatory Agencies
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119th CONGRESS — 1st Session
H. R. 4433
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A BILL
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ban certain substances in cosmetic products, and for other purposes.
This Act may be cited as the Toxic-Free Beauty Act of 2025
.
If it contains any of the following intentionally added ingredients:
Methylene glycol (CAS No. 463–57–0).
Mercury and mercury compounds (CAS No. 7439–97–6).
Isobutylparaben (CAS No. 4247–02–3).
Isopropylparaben (CAS No. 4191–73–5).
M-Phenylenediamine (including the salts of such substance) (CAS No. 108–45–2).
O-Phenylenediamine (including the salts of such substance) (CAS No. 95–54–5).
Lilial (CAS No. 7439–97–6).
Styrene (CAS No. 100–42–5).
Toluene (CAS No. 108–88–3).
Triclosan (CAS No. 3380–34–5).
Triclocarban (CAS No. 101–20–2).
Cyclotetrasiloxane (CAS No. 556–67–2).
Acetaldehyde (CAS No. 75–07–0).
Vinyl acetate (CAS No. 108–05–4).
1,4 dioxane (CAS No. 14807–96–6) present at or above 2 parts per million (referred to in this paragraph as ppm
).
Lead and lead compounds (CAS No. 7439–92–1) present at or above 2 ppm for color cosmetics or 5 ppm for general cosmetics.
Asbestos or asbestos containing compounds, including asbestos-contaminated talc (present at the lowest possible limit of detection).
by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (11) and (12), respectively; and
by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
prohibiting the use or limiting the amount of an ingredient in a cosmetic product;
Toxic-Free Beauty Act of 2025
).