New York City Eyes Broad Microbead Ban With Narrow Phase-Out Window
The New York City Council's Int. 928 is similar in spirit to legislation passed or under consideration in other states, but worded in a way that could ban in the five boroughs plastic microbead-containing cosmetics that have not been targeted elsewhere – as well as "hundreds" of personal-care and OTC drug products that do not even contain microbeads, according to the Consumer Healthcare Products Association – all by the start of 2016.
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PATIENT ACCESS TO UNAPPROVED MEDICAL PRODUCTS WOULD BE ALLOWED under legislation introduced by Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) on July 12 and Sen. Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) on July 14. Called the Access to Medical Treatment Act, the legislation would allow health practitioners to administer unapproved drugs, devices, foods or dietary supplements to patients as long as there is no evidence the treatment causes harm and the patient is informed about the treatment and its possible side effects. DeFazio's bill is identified as HR 2019; Daschle's version will be assigned a bill number the week of July 17.
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