Call for Fragrance Regulations Come from ... Houston?* Cosmetic, toiletry and fragrance manufacturers should keep an eye on a new hotbed hotbed, low, glass-covered frame structure for starting tender plants. It differs from a cold frame only in that the soil is heated—either artificially as by underground electric wiring or steampipes, or naturally with partially fermented stable manure, which of regulatory activity. Surprisingly enough, though, the call for regulatory action against VOCs comes not from Washington or a state capital, but rather, from a consultant in Houston. Guy Weismantel, president of Weismantel International has been peppering the trade press with a release entitled, "Air Pollution from Perfume." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Mr. Weismantel, in the U.S. "there are stringent controls on every VOC (Vertical Online Community) See vertical portal. source except for perfume and toiletries toi·let·ry n. pl. toi·let·ries An article, such as toothpaste or a hairbrush, used in personal grooming or dressing. toiletries npl → artículos mpl de aseo (= , which, when all end uses are gathered together, become a significant source of air pollution." He insists that the alcohols used in toiletries and other organic cyclic compounds cyclic compound, any one of a class of compounds whose molecules contain a number of atoms bonded together to form a closed chain or ring. If all of the atoms that form the ring are carbon, the compound is said to be carbocyclic; if not, the compound is called that are part of perfume formulations have escaped the scrutiny of pollution control officials. His solution to "perfume pollution" is to attach a $.10 per bottle pollution-control-emission-tax to each bottle of perfume, cologne or after-shave that is sold in the U.S. Mr. Weismantel argues that reformulation was forced upon the paint industry and other industries that use solvents. "There is no reason to believe that perfume and toiletry chemists could not react to the challenge to alleviate the use of VOCs." |
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