The American Cleaning Institute (ACI)

Research Studies

Year Title Chemical Class Subject
2019

Estimating the Evaporation Rate and Time-Varying Generation Rate of Acetic Acid from an All-Purpose Floor Cleaner

Author : S. F. Arnold, G. Ramachandran, H. Kaup and J. Servadio

Cleaning Products Asthma
2019

A Time-Kill Kinetic Study of Four Antiseptic Active Ingredients Versus Strains of Twenty-six Species of Medically Relevant Bacteria and Yeast

Author : J.A. Mitchell, T. Eastman, J. Albright, J.L. Fuls, J. R. Rubino and F. H. Kruszewski

Antimicrobials Safety
2019

Clinical characteristics of exposures to liquid laundry detergent packets

Author : W Banner, S Yin, MM Burns, R Lucas, KM Reynolds, and JL Green

General Safety
2019

Critical review and probabilistic health hazard assessment of cleaning product ingredients in all-purpose cleaners, dish care products, and laundry care products

Author : Zhen Wanga, Dan Dinha, W. Casan Scott, E. Spencer Williams, Michael Ciarlo, Paul DeLeo, Bryan W. Brooks

General Risk Assessment
2019

Environmental Risk Assessments for Topical Antiseptic Ingredients: Chloroxylenol

Author : Alison O’Connor, Phyllis Fuchsman, Kyle Fetters, Michael Bock, Lauren Brown, Miranda Henning, Monica Lam, Nathan Pechacek, Kathleen Stanton

Antimicrobials Risk Assessment
2019

High-Resolution Global Mean-Annual Surface Runoff And River Flow Datasets For Use In Risk Assessments

Author : Raghu Vamshi, Kathleen McDonough, Kathy Stanton, Amy Ritter

Cleaning Products Risk Assessment
2019

Benzethonium chloride is predicted to pose no ecological risk in surface water or soil. Sediment risks are uncertain.

Author : Phyllis Fuchsman, Kyle Fetters, Michael Bock, Alison O’Connor, Lauren Brown, Igor Mrdjen, Miranda Henning, Monica Lam, Nathan Pechacek, Kathleen Stanton

Antimicrobials Risk Assessment
2019

Benzalkonium Chloride Risks to Aquatic and Benthic Invertebrates Are Uncertain, Depending on Bioavailability. Exposures via biosolids are not a concern.

Author : Kyle Fetters, Phyllis Fuchsman, Michael Bock, Alison O’Connor, Lauren Brown, Igor Mrdjen, Miranda Henning, Monica Lam, Nathan Pechacek, Kathleen Stanton

Antimicrobials General
2019

Environmental Stewardship Program for Polymers Used in Cleaning Products - Polycarboxylate Polymers

Polymers General
2019

Environmental Stewardship Program for Polymers Used in Cleaning Products

Author : K. Stanton, M.W. Lam, A. Carrao

Polymers General