Health Impact
Choosing personal care products with fewer components may lower your chance of being exposed to dangerous substances.
Some chemical components in cosmetics, skin care, and hair care products can cause allergic reactions, hair loss, asthma, and cancer, among other things. However, deciding which compounds are hazardous among the 168 chemicals that women and men are exposed to on a daily basis in personal care products is a difficult issue for researchers and the general public. Because the sector is primarily self-regulated, components may be omitted from labeling and bad events may go unreported.
Social Impact
The dedication to social responsibility of cosmetics and personal care product firms is unrivaled. PCPC members have a strong and positive social influence that extends far beyond the direct advantages of their products as part of their mission to improve quality of life. Our industry uses its brands, products, and platforms to create shared benefit for all stakeholders along the value chain, from providing a safe and equitable workplace to procuring raw materials using ethical standards and giving back to communities in need.
Environment Impact
Many items’ chemical components do not degrade and instead accumulate in our ecosystems. After being rinsed down our sinks, cosmetics and personal care products cause the most environmental damage. The chemicals end up in our lakes, streams, rivers, and public water systems.
Economic Impact
In 2018, the personal care products business supported 3.9 million direct and indirect jobs in the United States, accounting for 1.9 percent of total employment; $170.5 billion in labor income; $267.3 billion in GDP and $64.8 billion in federal, state, and local tax payments.On a global scale, our industry is quite important. The personal care products business had a trade surplus every year between 1990 and 2018, reaching $4.8 billion in 2018, whereas the manufacturing sector as a whole had a trade deficit every year during this time. Personal care product exports were more than 35 percent greater than imports in 2018.
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