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FULL DISCLOSURE:The case for stronger household product labelling

10 Feb 2017

In 2012, the World Health Organization and United Consumers Want More Nations Environment Programme released a major review of the science of endocrine-disrupting Information chemicals, indicating that chemicals in consumer Canadian consumers are increasingly aware of the products may be linked to increasing rates of health and environmental impacts of chemicals in cancers of the breast, thyroid a [...] In line with the findings in literature from other jurisdictions and other product categories, participants were supportive of health warning labels that warn consumers of the chronic health dangers of certain ingredients in products, and indicated that they would seek better alternatives if warned about the presence of a cancer-causing or harmful chemical in a product. [...] Participants by emphasizing that the acknowledged the responsibility and ability “fragrance” component of a of manufacturers to reformulate products product’s ingredient list may consist of to avoid chemicals of concern and a drop of a myriad of chemical ingredients that revenue as a result of consumer change in have been shown to pose health risks to preferences. [...] One labels for cigarette packages in 2001, and recently potential solution is to require labels on cleaning increased the size of warning labels from 50 per and personal care products that inform and warn cent to 75 per cent of the cigarette packaging.13 consumers of the presence of certain chemicals Public health researchers have also highlighted and their potential health risks. [...] There was continue to raise public awareness of problematic general acceptance that the onus falls on the product ingredients and chemicals, consumers consumer to ensure the safe use of cleaning resort to the ingredient list as an objective products (e.g.
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Toronto, ON, CA

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