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	<title>The Temas Blog &#187; Cosmetics/Personal Care Products</title>
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		<title>Brazil Bans Sale of Formaldehyde</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/hazardous-substances/brazil-bans-sale-of-formaldehyde/</link>
		<comments>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/hazardous-substances/brazil-bans-sale-of-formaldehyde/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cosmetics/Personal Care Products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hazardous Substances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anvisa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[armazém]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beauty products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beauty salon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beauty treatments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brasil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brazilian blowout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brazilian hair treatment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Código Penal Brasileiro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[convenience stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cosméticos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cosmetics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[department stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drogaria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drugstore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[empório]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emporiums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[escova progressiva]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farmácia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[formaldehyde]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[formaldeído]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[formol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hair products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hair salon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hair straighteners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IARC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[keratin straightening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[loja de conveniência]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pharmacies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[procedimentos de estética]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[produtos capilares]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[saude]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/?p=4982</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are a woman who goes frequently to a hair salon &#8212; and all latinas I know do &#8211;chances are very good that you have heard of, or have even had, the popular &#8220;Brazilian blowout,&#8221; also known as Brazilian keratin treatment or escova progressiva (progressive blow-dry).
But did you know that many (if not most) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>São Paulo Offers Packaging Bill for Public Comment</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/waste-recycling/sao-paulo-offers-packaging-bill-for-public-comment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/waste-recycling/sao-paulo-offers-packaging-bill-for-public-comment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 00:07:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cosmetics/Personal Care Products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food/Beverage Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Packaging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waste & Recycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABAL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABEAÇO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abipet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abividro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABTCP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aço]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alimentos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alumínio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[auditoria independente]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bebidas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beverage containers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beverages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coleta seletiva]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[comerciantes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cosméticos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cosmetics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[créditos de reciclagem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[distribuidores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[distributors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[embalagem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[embalagens pós-consumo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fabricantes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FIESP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hypermarkets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[importadores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[independent audit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[metas de reciclagem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[packaging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[papel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plásticos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plastics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[post-consumer packaging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reciclagem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recycling credits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recycling targets]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[reuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reutilização]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[São Paulo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[selective collection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SMA]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[vidro]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/?p=4420</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Environment Secretariat (SMA) of São Paulo (SP) today published for public comment on its website a draft bill for a law on post-consumer packaging. The bill would create a rather complex shared responsibility system to ensure that post-consumer packaging in SP is either recycled or reused.  Anyone wishing to submit comments or suggested changes to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Scorecard for Sustainable Palm Oil</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/corporate-social-responsibility/a-scorecard-for-sustainable-palm-oil/</link>
		<comments>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/corporate-social-responsibility/a-scorecard-for-sustainable-palm-oil/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 11:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biofuels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corporate Social Responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cosmetics/Personal Care Products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food/Beverage Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aarhus United]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aceite de palma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alimentos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biocombustibles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biofuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[certification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cosmetics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CSPO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malaysian Palm Oil Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Migros]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil palm plantations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[palm oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RSPO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sainsbury's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[supermarkets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[supermercados]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tropical forests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unilever]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WWF]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/?p=4308</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From the WWF:
WWF to grade palm oil buyers
Only one percent of the sustainable palm oil available on the market has been bought, according to new figures released by the WWF today.
In a bid to speed up this &#8220;sluggish performance&#8221;, WWF will assess the world&#8217;s major users of palm oil over the next six months and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Culmina armonización andina de requisitos para productos de higiene doméstica y absorbentes de higiene personal</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/health-issues/culmina-armonizacion-de-requisitos-para-productos-de-higiene-domestica-y-absorbentes-de-higiene-personal-en-la-comunidad-andina/</link>
		<comments>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/health-issues/culmina-armonizacion-de-requisitos-para-productos-de-higiene-domestica-y-absorbentes-de-higiene-personal-en-la-comunidad-andina/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cleaning Products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cosmetics/Personal Care Products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pharmaceutical Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[absorbentes de higiene personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andean Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bolivia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CAN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comunidad Andina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cosméticos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cosmetics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[counterfeit medicines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[digital signature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ecuador]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[firma digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OMC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peru]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[productos de higiene doméstica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[productos farmacéuticos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reglamento técnico andino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technical standards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WTO]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/?p=3541</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Synopsis in English: The Andean Community (CAN) is putting the finishing touches on the new Community norm to harmonize member states&#8217; (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru) sanitary control regimes regarding household and personal hygiene products, such as soaps, detergents, fabric softeners, surface cleansers, stain removers, bleaches, air fresheners, sanitary towels, disposable diapers, tampons, towelettes, etc.
To refresh [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toward a Cosmetovigilance System for Latin America?</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/health-issues/toward-a-cosmetovigilance-system-for-latin-america/</link>
		<comments>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/health-issues/toward-a-cosmetovigilance-system-for-latin-america/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cosmetics/Personal Care Products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abihpec]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[allergic reactions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[América Latina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andean Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anvisa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Argentina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brasil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comunidad Andina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cosméticos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cosmetics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cosmetovigilance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cosmetovigilância]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Costa Rica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ecuador]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[efeitos adversos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[El Salvador]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eventos adversos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[formaldehyde]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[French Guiana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guatemala]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guyana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latin America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicaragua]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Notivisa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Panama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paraguay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perfumaria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perfumes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[personal hygiene products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peru]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[post-marketing surveillance system]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[productos de higiene personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[produtos de higiene pessoal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RASA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reações alérgicas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[salud pública]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[saude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uruguay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vigilancia sanitaria]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/?p=886</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A key focus of the recent Tenth Meeting of Sanitary Authorities of the Americas in the Cosmetics, Personal Hygiene and Perfume Sector (Reunión de Autoridades Sanitarias de las Américas del Sector de Higiene Personal, Perfumería y Cosméticos &#8211; RASA) in São Paulo and the need for cosmetovigilance in the region.
What is RASA and what is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If You Can&#8217;t Find It Here, You May Not Find It</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/consumer-protection/if-you-cant-find-it-here-you-may-not-find-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/consumer-protection/if-you-cant-find-it-here-you-may-not-find-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biotechnology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cosmetics/Personal Care Products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economics & the Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy & the Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food/Beverage Issues]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tobacco Control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waste & Recycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[air pollution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alimentos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[América Central]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[América Latina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Americas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aparatos electrónicos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aparatos eletrônicos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[batteries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bebidas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beverages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biocombustibles]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[consumer electronics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quite a few Temas Blog readers noticed the absence of new posts for several weeks.  I was fully occupied with work day-and-night on the final stages of the total revamp and re-launch of my main site, temasactuales.com  Although work continues on the Spanish and Portuguese versions (coming soon!), the burden has lightened enough [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Giving LAC&#8217;s First Plastic Packaging Law Teeth</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/giving-lacs-first-plastic-packaging-law-teeth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2007 23:33:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
An interesting thing happened over the last two weeks.  Well, interesting to people like me who&#8217;ve been following the packaging waste debate for decades, at least.  Environment enforcement officials for Rio de Janeiro (RJ) state &#8220;blitzed&#8221; supermarkets in Rio de Janeiro city &#8212; first on 19 October in the well-to-do Leblon section, then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Huge Donation for Brazil&#8217;s Chief Consumer NGO / Uma donação grande para a ONG brasileira principal de defesa do consumidor / Una donación grande para la ONG brasileña principal de defensa del consumidor</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/consumer-protection/a-huge-donation-for-brazils-chief-consumer-ngo-uma-donacao-grande-para-a-ong-brasileira-principal-de-defesa-do-consumidor-una-donacion-grande-para-la-ong-brasilena-principal-de-defensa-del-consu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 03:38:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This grant from the MIF is a major coup for the Brazilian Consumer Defense Institute (IDEC), probably increasing their operating funds by 50% and cementing their lead as Latin America and the Caribbean&#8217;s (LAC) best funded consumer group.  Parabéns, IDEC e Marliena Lazzarini (a Presidente do Instituto).  To understand better the importance of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PAC&#8217;ing Brazil II: Regulatory Agencies</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/pacing-brazil-ii-regulatory-agencies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2007 02:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Part I, I provided an overview of what the Program for Accelerated Growth (Programa de Aceleração do Crescimento &#8211; PAC) proposed by President Lula is and why it matters to the issues I discuss in The Temas Blog.  I also discussed its most direct impact on environment policy, the proposed changes in environmental [...]]]></description>
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