Dow Chemical offers a broad array of solutions for the personal care industry. Most recently, the company introduced EcoSmooth Silk conditioning polymers which is said to represent a new way to provide conditioning benefits in personal care products. Dow Chemical executives maintain that EcoSmooth matches silicone for wet and dry combing properties and increases hair strength. The polymers are anionic and nonionic, so they don’t weigh hair down, represent at 1:1 replacement for silicon...