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 "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "id": "eu-bmhca-ban-2022",
 "type": "HistoricalEvent",
 "version": 1,
 "updated": "2026-09-30",
 "station": 12,
 "confidence": "A",
 "sources": [
  "EU-2021-1902"
 ],
 "title": "Butylphenyl methylpropional prohibited in EU cosmetics, 2022",
 "date": {
  "value": "2022-03-01",
  "precision": "day",
  "year": 2022,
  "evidence": "documented",
  "source": "EU-2021-1902",
  "where": "docs/sources/EU-2021-1902-cmr-substances-bmhca.md:23",
  "quote": "It shall apply from 1 March 2022.",
  "confidence": "A"
 },
 "kind": "regulation",
 "what": {
  "value": "From 1 March 2022 butylphenyl methylpropional (p-BMHCA) is prohibited in EU cosmetic products.",
  "evidence": "documented",
  "source": "EU-2021-1902",
  "where": "docs/sources/EU-2021-1902-cmr-substances-bmhca.md:23",
  "quote": "It shall apply from 1 March 2022.",
  "confidence": "A"
 },
 "label": "documented",
 "place": {
  "value": null,
  "evidence": null,
  "source": null,
  "where": null,
  "confidence": null,
  "note": "no place on record for this event"
 },
 "actors": [],
 "disagreements": [],
 "molecules": [
  "p-bmhca"
 ],
 "materials": [],
 "botanicals": [],
 "origins": [],
 "perfumers": [],
 "fragrances": [],
 "regulations": [
  "eu-2021-1902"
 ],
 "accords": [
  "muguet-teaching-accord"
 ],
 "media": [],
 "links": {
  "essay": "/history#mega-timeline"
 },
 "copy": {
  "lede": "From 1 March 2022 butylphenyl methylpropional was prohibited in EU cosmetic products.",
  "body": [
   "Regulation (EU) 2021/1902 moved it to Annex II with other substances classified as toxic for reproduction; the teaching muguet accord shows what that took away."
  ]
 }
}