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Child care is essential for millions of working parents and caregivers across the country. This became even more apparent during the COVID-19 pandemic. The C Is for Clean: Building Blocks of Health Child Care toolkit is designed to serve all members of the child care community, from providers and employees to children and parents/caregivers, echoing public health guidelines for disinfecting, cleaning and reinforcing hand hygiene…
June 23, 2021
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We're sharing tips on how to care for loved ones, the environment, your community and more through cleaning through our social media channels.
Healthy Schools, Healthy People
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The Healthy Schools, Healthy People program is a collaboration of the American Cleaning Institute and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) dedicated to…
April 1, 2021
Don't be the messy roommate! Along with moving into a dorm room comes the need to keep it clean. Learn the basics, from a step-by-step guide on laundry to cleaning for infection prevention to stay healthy this school year.
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July 12, 2023
This tool is an online database that serves as a resource for information related to the safety of ingredients used in household cleaning products.
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The Cleaning Chemistry Catalog illustrates how safety assessment data from publicly available sources can be incorporated into screening level risk assessment methodologies for household cleaning product…
March 21, 2023
Life changes when a baby arrives, and it can be hard for new parents to feel prepared to navigate it all. Most expecting parents feel less than completely prepared to use cleaning products properly and safely around a new baby. The Clean First Steps: A Guide for New Parents toolkit is designed to provide guidance on the cleaning and hygiene best practices that can help keep babies and young children safe and healthy. Explore the different elements of the toolkit below…
June 26, 2023
ACI supports policy and innovation initiatives that create packaging and products consistent with our principles:
Sustainability: ACI’s advocacy will reflect ACI’s Principles of Sustainability via the promotion and support of the sustainability goals recognized by the ACI Board of Directors.
Human Health and Quality of Life: ACI expects cleaning product packaging to protect the health and safety of consumers and to allow for the safe transport, storage, and use of the products they contain…
February 8, 2019
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Cleaning products are an essential part of keeping our public spaces and homes safe and clean. Consumers want to know what is in these products and how they work to be more confident in their effectiveness. Cleaning product manufacturers are providing more information than ever before about product ingredients to meet that need. They are committed to making cleaning product ingredient information easily accessible and understandable, but more can be done to ensure…
December 6, 2018
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American Cleaning Institute Development of Exposure Assessments Glossary of Functional Classes
Abrasive: Abrasive ingredients are materials that are used to polish, buff, or scour away soils such as dirt and dust. Abrasives can be found in many cleaning products including, but not limited to, pot and pan cleaners, hand wash dish detergents, machine dish detergents, and powder laundry detergents.
Absorbent: Material used to retain other substances by assimilation.Adhesion promoter: An…
January 29, 2019
Here's what the cleaning product supply chain is saying about ingredient communication:
"Consumer education is a key part of achieving empowerment through the “right to understand” principle. Education efforts are designed to reach people where they are and creates awareness of the tools and information available."
- Kristin Cordz, Market Actives, LLC, Chair of ACI's Future Leaders
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"Aligning with ACI's industry priority of chemical…
October 4, 2022
Our scientific and research programs contribute to the tools, data and insight ACI member companies and legislators use to assess the safety and effectiveness of cleaning products and their ingredients.
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ACI and our members share detailed technical information with a variety of audiences as part of our commitment to transparency and product and ingredient stewardship. ACI’s research…
January 29, 2019