Earth Ministry/WAIPL was honored to join our partners at Toxic-Free Future at the bill signing of HB 1047, the Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act. WA now has the strongest law on the books in the country regulating toxic chemicals in personal care products. Starting in 2025, PFAS, lead, phthalates, formaldehyde, and other toxic chemicals will be banned in all cosmetics and personal care products sold in WA. Thank you to everyone in the faith community who wrote to their legislators or signed in “pro” for this bill. Overwhelming grassroots support helped push it over the finish line!
We’re grateful for Rep. Sharlett Mena’s leadership, the local cosmetologists who spoke out and shared their stories, Afghan Health Initiative’s tireless work to protect immigrant and refugee communities from toxic chemicals, and the Washington Department of Ecology’s testing of cosmetics and personal care products that helped show that the most toxic products were being marketed to women of color.
Thanks also to Governor Jay Inslee for ignoring numerous industry requests to veto this common sense piece of legislation.
