California Air Resources Board

$4,000 in Fines Paid by Ales Group

Two cases were settled with Ales Group for $4,000 on August 17, 2006. Between 2001 and 2004, Ales Group sold, supplied or manufactured for sale units of Phyto Pro Spray and Phyto Mousses. The hairsprays contained concentrations of VOCs exceeding the 55 percent by weight VOC limit for hairspray; and the hair mousses contained VOCs exceeding the 16 and 6 percent by weight VOC limits for hair mousses specified in Title 17, CCR, Section 94509(a). The sample products were obtained in San Francisco and Sacramento, California.

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