On April 07, 2025, the New York senate bill 2057 on Beauty Justice Act was advanced to third reading. This act emphasizes the restricted substances in cosmetics and personal care products. Following are the restricted substances that should not be present in cosmetics and personal care products from January 01, 2029:
- Heavy metals - Arsenic, cadmium, cadmium compounds, chromium, lead compounds, nickel, selenium
- Butyl, ethyl, isobutyl, isopropyl, methyl, and paraben
- Ortho-phthalates and their esters
- Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
- Formaldehyde and formaldehyde releasers (paraformaldehyde, quaternium-15, diazolidinyl urea, DMDM hydantoin, methylene glycol, imidazolidinyl urea, sodium hydroxymethylglycinate)
- Benzophenone, benzophenone-1, benzophenone-2, benzophenone-3, 2,4-dihydroxybenzophenone, and resbenzophenone
- Benzene, carbon black, coal tar, ethylene oxide, toluene, naphthalene, nickel, styrene, and xylene
- Asbestos and talc
- Butylated hydroxytoluene and butylated hydroxyanisole
- Cyclotetrasiloxane
- m-Phenylenediamine, o-phenylenediamine
- Triclosan, triclocarban, nonyl phenol
- Diethanolamine, triethanolamine