Buy Cleaning Products? A New Law Has Your Back
NRDC Corey Binns November 27, 2017 “Having this information can help people make better decisions to protect their health not only day to day but... 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.
Disclosing Ingredients in Cleaning Products? Why All the Fuss?
How important is it to get this ingredient disclosure? Are there really harmful ingredients hiding in the cleaning products we use in our homes? Unfortunately, it appears that there are.
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
Questions Raised About SC Johnson’s Commitment to Transparency
Smoke & Mirrors? Is this recent announcement from SCJ a distraction to push a new product or an honest example of their commitment to transparency?... Read More
Opinion: The dirty secrets of cleaning products need to be exposed
San Francisco Chronicle Magdalen Edmunds Jan. 19, 2016 …”Legislation by Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer, D-Los Angeles, (AB708) would require all ingredients in cleaners to be listed... Read More
California considers bill for chemical disclosure in cleaning products
Chemical Watch Kelly Franklin Jan. 12, 2016 ‘Unprecedented’ ingredient transparency would be required …”Jamie McConnell, director of programmes and policy at the NGO Women’s Voices... Read More