CONSUMERS [WOMEN] PROTECTION AGAINST HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS IN PANTYLINER PRODUCTS

Abstract

This study examines about the legal protection for the consumers of sanitary pad and pantyliner
products which use the hazardous chemicals. The aim of this study is to reveal the responibility of
government as the the supervisor of the sanitary pad and pantyliner products circulation, as well
as to know the liability of the businessmen for the disadvantage suffered by the consumers of
sanitary pad and pantyliner products.The researcher uses normative juridical method. As the
results of this study are the responsibility of the government as the party who provides the
standardization is contained in Legislation No. 102 of 2000 regarding national standardization;
and as the consumer legal resistance to the businessmen is based on Article 19 of Act No. 8 of
1999 regarding consumer protection.The result of this study shows that the Government, as the the
organizer of the distribution permission for sanitary pad and pantyliner, must strive to develop the
legal products to create a product that is safe to be used by the society.