The Personal Care Products Council spent $180,000 lobbying the federal government in the third quarter, an increase of 20% over last year and 13% more than it spent in Q2 of 2011.The increase was attributed to the Safe Cosmetics Act which, if passed, will have cosmetics companies register with the Food and Drug Administration and report on adverse health effects associated with their products. The agency would be able to recall cosmetics products, and the Department of Health and Human Servi...