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The American Cleaning Institute (ACI), the trade association for the U.S. cleaning product supply chain, issued the following statement in response to research published by the activist group Environmental Working Group in the journal Chemosphere – and related news coverage – discussing the potential effects of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) found in cleaning products:
The proper use of cleaning products contributes to public health and quality of life in…
Q. If products aren’t tested on animals (Awesome!), how do companies ensure they’re safe to use?A. Testing methods that don’t rely on animals as used for demonstrating and predicting the toxicity of chemicals and product formulations are increasing being used in product development applications and for some product categories they are accepted by regulatory authorities to help show a chemical or product is safe.When consumer products are…
Surfactants
Hans Sanderson, Caritas Tibazarwa, William Greggs, Donald J. Versteeg, Yutaka Kasai, Kathleen Stanton, and Richard I. Sedlak
2009
Boron Compounds
Dyer, Scott D. and Robert J. Caprara
1997
Antimicrobials
Phyllis Fuchsman, Kyle Fetters, Alison O'Connor, Michael Bock, Miranda Henning, Lauren Brown, Igor Mrdjen, Kathleen Stanton
2022
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Surfactants
SDA
1996
Coverage of recent studies examining the increased use of disinfectants during COVID-19 may be sending misleading messages about the products’ safety during a time when they are playing a critical role in public health, according to the American Cleaning Institute (ACI – cleaninginstitute.org).
Among the key ingredients used in many disinfecting products are quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) – “quats” for short.
“Quats are important workhorse chemistries…
American Cleaning Institute (ACI) Issues Important Safety Reminders As We Clean More While Young Children Are Home
With millions of Americans now working from home while their children are out of school, we tend to be cleaning more to help protect against the spread of coronavirus.
New reports indicate an increase in calls to poison control centers for unintended exposures to cleaning and disinfecting products.
The American Cleaning Institute (ACI – cleaninginstitute.org)…