Personal Care Products Council
| Formation | 1894 |
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| Headquarters |
 Washington, D.C
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Membership
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Approx. 600 companies |
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President & CEO
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Lezlee Westine |
| Website | personalcarecouncil.org |
The Personal Care Products Council (PCPC) was founded in 1894 as the Manufacturing Perfumers' Association. In 1922 it was renamed to the American Manufacturers of Toilet Articles (AMTA) in 1922; in 1970 the association adopted the name Cosmetic, Toiletry, and Fragrance Association; in November 2007, the name was changed to the Personal Care Products Council.
In April 2009, Lezlee Westine was appointed President and CEO of the Personal Care Products Council replacing interim President, Mark Pollak.
The organization has five main departments:
The Personal Care Products Council Foundation works with the American Cancer Society, and the Professional Beauty Association to administer the Look Good Feel Better Program. The program aims to help cancer patients learn skin care and beauty techniques.
CTFA reportedly spent over $600,000 on lobbyists in Sacramento in the months before the vote on Senate Bill 484 (California Safe Cosmetics Act of 2005) to attempt to prevent the bill from passing.
In 2006, Friends of the Earth and International Center for Technology Assessment filed a formal petition with the Food and Drug Administration for better monitoring and regulating of products containing harmful nanoparticles and stated they would sue if the FDA does not take adequate action in 180 days. CTFA vice president spoke out against the petition and stated, "I don't think there's anything to worry about ... All of the safety questions have been answered [in previous studies]."
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