WSJ covers the fray

I just found this article over at WSJ about the stalled efforts between the FDA and the Personal Care Products Council to tighten regulation over cosmetics and their ingredients. The article's a few weeks old, but I'm going to brush off any feelings of being late to the party so that we can talk about why it's still important.

For starters, it's the Wall Street Journal. THE standard for business journalism. They don't cover fluff or bullish*t. To me, this article signifies a well-deserved legitimacy to the argument that chemicals have no place in our cosmetics and personal products. Street cred, if you will. These aren't a bunch of hippy, tree-hugging liberal moms with too much time on their hands. They are real organizations, involving the government in the matter of protecting American consumers.

If you have a few minutes, read the article. It's great context for the larger battle to give the FDA the oversight it's been lacking and to give cosmetics manufacturers the warning call they need to clean up their formulations.

Also, a shout-out to New Jersey, whose state reps Frank Pallone Jr (D) and Leonard Lance (R) crossed party lines to get cosmetics legislation passed through Congress. What are your elected officials doing for you?

Yours in troublemaking,
Jazzy