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P&G Becomes Improbable Supporter of Ingredient Disclosure Rule

P&G Becomes Improbable Supporter of Ingredient Disclosure Rule

Bloomberg Businessweek

Lauren Coleman-Lochner

December 7, 2017

“Proponents of the California law say there’s plenty to be concerned about in household cleaners, including ingredients that may cause cancer or reproductive harm. One of the sponsors, Women’s Voices for the Earth, cites studies showing that workers who clean for a living have higher rates of asthma and are more likely to have children with birth defects.

State Senator Ricardo Lara, who sponsored the law in the legislature, knows those concerns well. His immigrant mother spent years cleaning homes in some of the state’s wealthiest communities. She’d often come home feeling dizzy or sick. As a result, “this issue is very personal on multiple fronts,” Lara said.”

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