9 Things You Didn’t Know About Cleaning Products
Did you know that there is such a thing as disinfectant overkill? Or that harsh cleaners have been linked to COPD? What you don't know about cleaning products may surprise you!
P&G Becomes Improbable Supporter of Ingredient Disclosure Rule
Bloomberg Businessweek Lauren Coleman-Lochner December 7, 2017 “Proponents of the California law say there’s plenty to be concerned about in household cleaners, including ingredients that... Read More
CA Governor Signs Historic Law Requiring Companies to Disclose Ingredients in Cleaning Products
In a major victory for consumer and worker right to know, Governor Brown has signed into law a bill that requires manufacturers of a wide array of cleaning products to disclose their ingredients. The Cleaning Product Right to Know Act of 2017 (Senate Bill 258, authored by Senator Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens) requires the ingredients in cleaning products – particularly chemicals whose ability to harm human health or the environment has been recognized by established scientific authoritative bodies – to be listed on both product labels and online. Under this law, the mandatory disclosure also applies to ingredients in fragrance mixtures, which have been tightly-held secrets until now.
VICTORY! Cleaning Product Ingredient Disclosure Becomes Law in California
Historic legislation was just signed into law in California that requires disclosure of ingredients used in institutional and household cleaning products.
In California, Cleaning Product Companies to Come Clean on Ingredients
NRDC Kimiko Martinez September 13, 2017 ““This is truly a breakthrough! For the first time ever companies will be legally required to disclose ingredients in... Read More
Joint Statement on California Cleaning Product Right to Know Act: CSPA, WVE, BCPP, EWG, NRDC
The carefully crafted compromise that was voted on today was developed through intense NGO-industry stakeholder negotiations and has generated an unprecedented coalition of support made up of over 100 organizations and corporations ranging from breast cancer prevention and clean water advocates to janitors and domestic workers to some of the world’s largest multinational cleaning product companies.
In California, Cleaning Product Companies To Come Clean on Ingredients
Right to Know Act Mandates Ingredient Disclosures on Labels and Online - In a major victory for consumer and worker right to know, California lawmakers today approved legislation to require manufacturers to disclose the ingredients in home-use and institutional cleaning products. If Gov. Jerry Brown signs the bill, California will once again become a national leader by requiring greater transparency of ingredients in consumer products.
California Introduces the Cleaning Product Right to Know Act!
If it passes companies will no longer be able to keep ingredients linked to birth defects, cancer, fertility problems, allergens, and asthma a secret.
Business coalition backs California cleaning product disclosure bill
Chemical Watch Tammy Lovell February 9, 2017 “The coalition believes the law is needed because existing California chemicals laws, such as Proposition 65 and the... Read More
Bill Would Give Californians Right to Know What’s in Cleaning Products
EWG Monica Amarelo February 8, 2017 “Women are still doing the majority of housework, and those employed in the housekeeping industry are predominately women,” said... Read More
