E-cigarettes, e-hookah banned in State
The State Government has now banned e-cigarettes and other electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) like e-Sheesha, e-hookah and heat-not-burn tobacco device. The Government issued a notification
Pioneer (Bhubaneswar)
Orissa (Odisha)
Millions of plastic particles found in cosmetic products
London: Everyday cleaning and cosmetic products such as soaps, toothpaste, sunscreen and shampoos contain millions of plastic particles, which are released to the environment and could be harmful to marine
IBN Live
Plastic particles found in cosmetics
Everyday cosmetic and cleaning products contain huge quantities of plastic particles, which are released to the environment and could be harmful to marine life, according to a new study. Research at Plymouth
Environment News Network
Hazardous Products
Innovate UK funds 'breakthrough' microbead replacement
A Canadian biotech company claims to have developed a commercial-scale biodegradable replacement for the harmful synthetic microbeads found in many beauty products. TerraVerdae BioWorks, announced today
Edie (UK)
Unilever Gets Note From TNPCB for Delay in Report
CHENNAI: After the activists, it is now the turn of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) to put pressure on Unilever for the pollution caused by its now-shut thermometer factory in Kodaikanal.
New Indian Express (Chennai)
TNPCB to conduct study at Unilever factory
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board will conduct an in-depth study of the effects of mercury in the environment caused by the now-defunct thermometer manufacturing unit of Hindustan Unilever in Kodaikanal.
Hindu (Chennai)
HC seeks Centre's reply on treating cosmetics as veg or non-veg
The Delhi High Court on Monday sought the Centre's response on pharma major Reckitt Benckiser's plea challenging a government notification mandating that every pack of cosmetics should indicate whether
Interest on bio surfactants on the rise: scientist
Environmental hazards of synthetic surfactants (Chemical agents that reduce surface tension that are used in detergents, cosmetics etc) cause increased interest on bio surfactants, said Ashok Pandey, scientist
Biodegradable Waste
The Drugs and Cosmetics (Amendment) Bill, 2015: draft
A Bill further to amend the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940. This Act may be called the Drugs and Cosmetics (Amendment) Act, 2014.
Animal testing: Labor tries to take cruelty out of cosmetics
Australian cosmetics could finally become free from animal testing with a new public consultation being launched to figure out how to enact laws that will completely ban the practice. Stopping animal
Age (Australia)
Cosmetics manufacturers come under FDA lens
Cosmetics manufacturers operating without valid licences are now under the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) radar. Four such manufacturers in Pune, Sangli, Kolhapur and Solapur were found operating
Times Of India (Pune)
Food Safety Authority (FDA)
Sholapur (D)