The Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR), based in
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from Virginia, and shares land borders with ...
, assesses and reviews the safety of ingredients in cosmetics and publishes the results in peer-reviewed scientific literature. The company was established in 1976 by the
Personal Care Products Council (then called the Cosmetic, Toiletry, and Fragrance Association), with support of the
Food and Drug Administration
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA or US FDA) is a List of United States federal agencies, federal agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Health and Human Services. The FDA is respo ...
and the
Consumer Federation of America.
Operations
In 2013, Dr. F. Alan Andersen, the CIR's director, said that its annual budget "is not a matter of public record". The CIR does not file
Form 990
Form 990 (officially, the "Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax") is a United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) form that provides the public with information about a nonprofit organization. It is also used by government agencies t ...
s, which show annual revenues and expenses. Overall funding for CIR comes from the cosmetic industry's main trade association, the Personal Care Products Council.
However, the Personal Care Products Council, is a not-for-profit 501(c)(6) with 2022 revenue of $20.1 million. It paid its top 14 executives a total of $5,670,215 in 2022 and Lezlee Westine (CEO) salary was $1,292,491.
Chemicals reviewed
In 2002, the CIR decided that it was safe for the industry to continue adding possible endocrine and reproductive disruptors known as
phthalates to cosmetics marketed to women of childbearing age.
In August 2008, Section 108 of the federal
Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), public law 110–314, banned the use of three phthalates,
DEHP,
DBP, and
BBP, in children's toy and child care articles. Some phthalates were restricted in children's toys sold in
California
California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...
starting in 2009.
California Bans Phthalates In Toys For Children
Bette Hileman, ''Chemical and Engineering News'', October 22, 2007, p. 12.
References
External links
CIR Official Web Site
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Cosmetic industry
Business services companies established in 1976
1976 establishments in Washington, D.C.