The Standards for Cosmetics (Ministry of Health and Welfare Notification) stipulates that cosmetics products shall not contain the Class I Specified Chemical Substances stipulated in the Law Concerning the Evaluation of Chemical Substances and Regulation of Their Manufacture, etc.¹, the Class II Specified Chemical Substances stipulated in the same law², and substances that have a property similar to these substances. The cosmetics industry has been strictly complying with the regulations. Some of the Class I and Class II substances are designated not because of risks for human health, but because of concerns about the impact on animals and plants in the environment.

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*1  Class I Specified Chemical Substances are chemical substances that are persistent and highly accumulating and have long-term toxicity or have chronic toxicity to higher-order predators.

*2  Class II Specified Chemical Substances are substances that are specified by Cabinet Order, and are thought to pose a risk of causing damage to humans or damage to flora and fauna in the human living environment due to the fact that the substance has a risk of long-term toxicity for humans or flora and fauna in the human living environment, and a considerable amount of the substance remaining in the environment over a substantially extensive area or it is reasonably likely that such a situation will arise in the near future.