New Jersey Microbeads Bill Advances With Aggressive Phase-Out Timeline
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Production and sale of microbead-containing cosmetics would be outlawed at the start of calendar years 2015 and 2018, respectively, under New Jersey’s bill, which passed the state’s general assembly at the end of September. The proposed timeline is considerably more aggressive than that in Illinois’ ban, which became law in June with industry’s support.