After several reports of acute kidney failure surfaced due to glyoxylic acid in hair styling cosmetics, the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES) calls on consumers and professionals to stop using the ingredient. Personal Care Insights speaks to Kamila Rzewucka, a cosmetics expert at Obelis and member of the COSlaw Editorial Committee, about how the industry should react to the consumer toxication reports. COSlaw is run by Obelis, which offers regulatory consultancy services in the EU, UK, Switzerland and the US.