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Introduced Session

This bill would prohibit the sale of cosmetic products and personal care products that contain 1,4-dioxane. The prohibitions on the sale of cosmetic products and personal care products that contain 1,4-dioxane would go into effect one year after the bill's enactment. The bill would direct the Commissioner of Environmental Protection to formulate allowable trace concentrations of 1,4-dioxane in cosmetic and personal care products, and would establish certain maximum thresholds for these allowable trace concentrations. The bill would also allow a manufacturer to apply to the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for a waiver for a product if the manufacturer demonstrates that it has taken steps to reduce the presence of 1,4-dioxane in the product and is unable to comply with the requirements of the bill. The bill's provisions are based on Chapter 613 of the 2019 Laws of New York, which similarly prohibits the sale of cosmetic products and personal care products that contain 1,4-dioxane. 1,4-dioxane a clear liquid chemical with a faint sweet odor, which occurs as a byproduct during the manufacturing of certain ingredients in cosmetic, cleaning, and personal care products. Since the 1980s, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) has recommended that manufacturers use the "vacuum stripping" technique as a way of reducing 1,4-dioxane in these products. However, the chemical is still widely found, albeit at very low concentrations, in these products. 1,4-dixoane is a hazardous substance and a potential human carcinogen.

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Raj Mukherji (D)*, 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee (on 01/13/2026)

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