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ALERJ vetoes bill that approves substance in salons throughout the state
Marian Muller
Rio - By unanimous vote, the Legislative Assembly of Rio approved a bill that bans the time of formaldehyde in beauty salons and clinics of the aesthetics of Rio, which was used in the brushes' smart 'and gradual. The text will now be approved or vetoed by Governor Sérgio Cabral, 30 days.
The justification of the project is that consumers have health problems with the use of the substance, such as burns, even with the previous restriction that products must contain no more than 0.2% in the formula.
The law also requires the hair salons, medical aesthetics of the display in place of easy visualization table stating the amount authorized by law for products such as ammonia, guanidine thioglycolate and used in the progressive brushes, smoothing, moisturizing and relaxation.
Even before passage of the law, authored by Mr Dionísio Lins (PP), the Society of Dermatology Rio has disapproved the use of formaldehyde in hair and points out that recently the World Health Organization classified the substance as a probable carcinogen factor. According to the coordinator of the department of Hair and Nails Society, Maciel Solange, the formaldehyde can cause risks through contact, inhalation of the customer and also for professional applications in which the salons of beauty.
According Zenaide Pereira, Assistant Undersecretary of monitoring and supervision of the Municipal Sanitary Surveillance, consumers should find out if the products are used in your hair in record Anvisa. "If it finds any product not in accordance with state laws, federal or local, you must report the establishment for Health Surveillance."
USE OF GLOVES IN PLACE well ventilated
According to dermatologist Annie Levy BENZECRY, allergies to formaldehyde are common. To minimize the risks, the hairdresser Ana Paula Dias, 32 years, USA prefers gloves and airy environment for application: "I had burning eyes, so now do the smoothing away of the air-conditioning."
To the President of the Union of the Institutes of Beauty in Rio, Esther Gomes, the ban will not stop the use of formalin. "The Anvisa determininou now only the use of 0.2% in the products because it is not harmful to health. I think it will harm the ban movement in lecture: women end up asking for the professionals do the treatment with the product at home, "he says.
Source: The Day
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