California emissions extension
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
CTFA requests extension of time to comply with CARB's antiperspirant/deodorant 0% HVOC emission standards until Jan. 1, 2001. "It is neither technologically nor commercially feasible" for industry to meet the high volatile organic compound standard by the Jan. 1, 1999 deadline, CTFA says in an Oct. 6 letter to the California Air Resources Board. The combination of aerosol propellant 1,1-difluoroethane and antiperspirant active aluminum chlorohydrate causes a chemical reaction, which results in "unacceptable levels of packaging and component part corrosion," CTFA states. Aluminum chlorohydrate is the only antiperspirant active ingredient allowed by FDA, and 1,1-difluoroethane is the sole propellant able to achieve the HVOC standard. CTFA estimates industry will lose $30.3 mil. annually without the extension. The association's letter will be addressed at a Nov. 9 hearing in Sacramento