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A gel-polish ingredient the EU pulled from sale in September 2025 is still lawful on a British shelf until Valentine's Day 2027. The molecule is largely benign to the wearer. The gap is the missing signal.

In this episode, we debate: is the seventeen-month regulatory gap between the EU removing TPO from gel polish and Britain enacting its own ban a dangerous failure — or a rational, evidence-led divergence over a substance that poses no measurable risk at the doses involved?

We unpack 5 concepts you will need before reading the article: The Self-Consuming Molecule, Hazard-Based versus Risk-Based Regulation, The Brussels Effect, The Silent Signal, and The Divergence Gap.

This is a standalone episode. No prior context required.

Related episodes: The Safe Substitute (hazard-based PFAS regulation in nonstick coatings), The Words That Die (EU banning marketing claims like "carbon neutral" — another post-Brexit regulatory divergence).

Topics: gel polish, TPO, photoinitiator, EU cosmetics ban, post-Brexit divergence, nail salon safety, INCI, hazard classification, consumer trust, regulatory gap

Read the full article: youreanatural.com/consumer-intelligence/the-high-street-exemption