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The Center for Environmental Health (CEH) announced today it has reached first-ever legal agreements with 26 major companies to discontinue using the cancer-causing chemical cocamide DEA in shampoo and personal care products.
In August 2013, CEH brought lawsuits against companies selling products in California that contain cocamide DEA without a health warning, as required under Prop 65, the state’s consumer protection law for toxic chemicals. In June 2012, the stated listed the chemical as a known carcinogen based on the assessment by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, which evaluated skin exposure tests on animals. Cocamide DEA is a synthetic chemical created from a chemical reaction between coconut oils and diethanolamine. It has been used for decades in shampoos and other products as a foaming agent.
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