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What is soap and how does it work? The sudsy stuff we use every day of our lives is a mystery to most of us. But behind our cleaning products is an array of scientific data and information. This science and chemistry helps to ensure our products work and are safe for you and your family to use. The resources below will walk through what it means to be clean and how the cleaning process works. For more information and activities, we encourage you to check out…
Methods A Time-Kill Kinetic Study of Four Antiseptic Active Ingredients Versus Strains of Twenty-six Species of Medically Relevant Bacteria and Yeast J. A. Mitchell1, T. Eastman2, J. Albright3, J.L. Fuls4, D.R. Macinga5, J.R. Rubino6, and F.H. Kruszewski7 1 Wordsmith Scientific & Regulatory, LLC., Bozeman, MT, 2 BioScience Laboratories, Inc., Bozeman, MT, 3 Ecolab Inc., Saint Paul, MN, 4 Henkel Corporation, Phoenix, AZ, 5 GOJO Industries, Inc., Cleveland, OH, 6 RB, Montvale, NJ, 7…
CLEANING PRODUCTS in Household Wastewater After a cleaning product has been used and goes down the drain, its ingredients become part of your household wastewater and are treated by the same wastewater treatment system that treats the other wastes from your home — before the water reaches groundwater or its receiving streams, lakes, estuaries or oceans. Today’s cleaning products are designed to be compatible with a wide variety of wastewater treatment systems in use throughout the United…
CLEANING PRODUCTS in Household Wastewater After a cleaning product has been used and goes down the drain, its ingredients become part of your household wastewater and are treated by the same wastewater treatment system that treats the other wastes from your home — before the water reaches groundwater or its receiving streams, lakes, estuaries or oceans. Today’s cleaning products are designed to be compatible with a wide variety of wastewater treatment systems in use throughout the United…
CLEANING PRODUCTS in Household Wastewater After a cleaning product has been used and goes down the drain, its ingredients become part of your household wastewater and are treated by the same wastewater treatment system that treats the other wastes from your home — before the water reaches groundwater or its receiving streams, lakes, estuaries or oceans. Today’s cleaning products are designed to be compatible with a wide variety of wastewater treatment systems in use throughout the United…
Quaternary Ammonium Compounds: FAQ on Common Disinfectant Ingredients Part of ACI’s Ingredient Communication Initiative The American Cleaning Institute (ACI), in partnership with the American Chemistry Council’s Center for Biocide Chemistries (CBC), launched a new webpage geared towards better understanding common disinfectant ingredients known as quaternary ammonium compounds, also referred to as QACs or quats. Quats are a group of chemicals that are often found as the active ingredients…
Since so much science is involved in the formulation and evaluation of the cleaning products we use, the American Cleaning Institute wants to help children of all ages understand the difference between these sound scientific studies and “junk science,” in which unproven theories are presented as fact.
FINAL REPORT STERILITY TESTING AND ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF COI'4MERCIAL GRADE GLYCERINE Prepared for Mrs. Joyce C. Kern, Manager Glyceri ne Producers' Associ ati on 475 Park Avenue South New York, New York By Warren Litsky Christopher J. Libbey and Eugene J. Ivlari ani , Jr. Uni versi ty of Massachusetts Amherst o Massachusetts 0l 002 August 1971 Fi na1 Report Subject: Sterility test'i ng and antimicrobial activity of commercial grades of glycerine. 0bjecti ves: 1 . To…
High Production Volume (HPV) Chemical Challenge Program Data Availability and Screening Level Assessment for Triclocarban CAS #: 101-20-2 Prepared for the HPV Challenge Program by: The TCC Consortium December 27, 2002 1 High Production Volume (HPV) Chemical Challenge Program Data Availability and Screening Level Assessment Triclocarban CAS #: 101-20-2 Table of Contents [1] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY [1.1] Sponsor Companies [1.2] CAS Number [1.3] Substance Name [1.4]…
Exposure and Risk Screening Methods for Consumer Product Ingredients The Soap and Detergent Association The Soap and Detergent Association Exposure and Risk Screening Methods for Consumer Product Ingredients The Soap and Detergent Association Washington, DC April 2005 Copyright © 2005: The Soap and Detergent Association. All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any…