Archives for October 14, 2014

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Slack-fill: How much is too much?

By Simon Pitman

A recent lawsuit in California brought against a cosmetics brand for slack-fill highlights the pitfall this area presents. Lawyer to the cosmetics industry, Angela Diesch, points out how to avoid this potentially expensive mistake.

Scientists create biological version of synthetic coating

By Michelle Yeomans

UC Berkeley scientists have taken proteins from nerve cells and created a biological version of a synthetic coating used in everyday liquids such as cosmetics, to keep small particles from clumping together.