SCC announces winners of Madam C.J. Walker Scholarship; accepting nominations for further industry recognition awards
The Society of Cosmetic Chemists (SCC) has announced the winners of the Madam C.J. Walker Scholarship, sponsored by Mary Kay Inc. The selection committee, which included Madam C.J. Walker’s great-great-granddaughter, A’Lelia Bundles, chose these two awardees …
China’s Aerosol & Metal Containers Expo postponed once more
The Beijing Aerosol Exhibition Company has postponed the 10th International Aerosol & Metal Containers Exhibition (AEROTECH). The event, originally scheduled for November 2021 in Ningbo, China, was first moved to December, then March, July and …
FEA announces speakers for FEAerosol2022 exhibition on Sept. 21–22
The European Aerosol Federation (FEA) "presents its World Class Plenary Speakers for the AEROSOL TODAY® CONFERENCE at FEAerosol2022 in Portugal, Lisbon" on Sept. 21–22. According to the FEA, FEAerosol2022 offers the most "high-level aerosol packaging expertise event …
Indian Aerosols Expo 2023 to be held in New Delhi in February
The Organizing Committee of INDIAN AEROSOLS EXPO (IAE) 2023 has announced the dates for the 5th Indian Aerosols Expo 2023, being held at Pragati Maidan Hall 2, New Delhi, India—Feb. 20–21, 2023. "With the enthusiastic participation …
Consumer Product Regulation Amendments are now law
Doug Raymond, Raymond Regulatory Resources (3R), LLC, on behalf of the National Aerosol Association, announced that Ravi Ramalingam, California Air Resources Board (CARB) Branch Chief, Consumer Products & Air Quality Assessment Branch, has informed the …
Edgewell issues voluntary recall of Banana Boat Hair & Scalp Sunscreen due to presence of benzene
On July 29, Edgewell Personal Care Co. issued a voluntary nationwide recall of three batches of Banana Boat Hair & Scalp Sunscreen Spray SPF 30 to the consumer level as outlined in the table below. …
Welcome to the Eastern Aerosol Association
This past March, amid all of the craziness, our industry had the most amazing gathering at the Aerosol Summit in Nashville, TN. The success of the Summit was due to the admirable combined efforts of …
Defining Sustainable Chemistry
When Shakespeare wrote “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” he asked his audience to question what relevance a name has to the entity …
Controlling & preventing corrosion with inhibitors…
Hello everyone. Why abandon a formula if it causes package corrosion? I suspect most wouldn’t because corrosive formulas sometimes have the most desirable performance among those evaluated for a particular product type. Indeed, most will typically …
Regulatory Issues
CARB The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is still working on finalizing the 2021 amendments to its Consumer Products volatile organic compound (VOC) rule. This is the longest that it has taken for CARB to finalize …