Experiential class may spawn product-safety experts of tomorrow

Books of law revolve around the products we put on our skin.A little-known course at Georgetown Law teaches the fundamentals of the ever-growing body of regulatory law that governs the things we put in and on our bodies.  The class, which will be offered next semester for the third year, is called “Consumer Advocacy and Government Regulation: Personal-Care Products and Dietary Supplements.”

The class was started in large part thanks to the pioneering investigative journalist Toni Stabile.  Her 1966 exposé, Cosmetics: Trick or Treat, brought public scrutiny to an industry that had long existed in a regulatory void.  The book’s popularity helped lead to a Senate hearing on the matter and initiated a wave of new regulation.

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