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Consumer Brands Association
1001 19th Street North, 7th floor
Arlington, VA 22209
(571)378-6760
www.consumerbrandsassociation.org
By Electronic Mail May 6, 2020
President Donald J. Trump
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear President Trump:
America’s critical infrastructure workers are on the front lines in the fight against
COVID-19. Across the United States, doctors, nurses, food production and
manufacturing employees, truckers,…
The American Cleaning Institute (ACI) launched a redesigned website for the Cold Water Saves initiative, a joint effort of ACI and The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) to promote the power of cold water washing.
Originally launched in 2016, Cold Water Saves aims at increasing the number of laundry loads that are done on cold as compared to hot, since 90% of the energy used to wash clothes goes to heating the water. With today’s laundry technologies, both in detergents and…
Critical Infrastructure Supply Chain Council
April 3, 2020
Office of Governor Greg Abbott
P.O. Box 12428
Austin, TX 78711
Governor Abbott:
Thank you for your leadership as we face the COVID-19 virus and its impact throughout Texas. As
representatives from manufacturing, importing, distribution, supply chain, and labor, we share your
desire to ensure public health and safety. Our members are working hard to provide the products,
manpower, and raw materials needed during this…
March 25, 2020
Dear Mr. President, Governors, Mayors and other local elected officials:
We recognize and appreciate the aggressive steps that are being taken to respond to the threats of the
COVID-19 virus. We represent the manufacturers, distributors and supply chain of the products and raw
materials that ensure public health and safety during these times of a pandemic. Protecting our
workforce, their families and our communities are our top priorities.
Unfortunately, there…
References:
(EPA) United States Environmental Protection Agency. 2000. Interim Guidance for Using Ready and
Inherent Biodegradability Tests to Derive Input Data for Multimedia Models and Wastewater Treatment
Plant (WWT) Models (9/1/2000). https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-
09/documents/interim_guidance.pdf.
(EPA) United States Environmental Protection Agency. 2012. Estimating Toxicity of Industrial
Chemical to Aquatic Organisms Using the Ecological Structure…
Agency Urged to Improve Consumer Education, Outreach on Proper Recycling
The cleaning product supply chain supports efforts by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to enhance useful data collection and analysis that will identify factors that contribute to effective recycling programs, according to the American Cleaning Institute (ACI).
ACI was responding to two requests for information (RFIs) from the EPA’s Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery…
The iSTREEM® model (https://www.istreem.org/) integrates the locations of municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) with a hydrologic river network, providing a framework to assess environmental risk in a spatial context. The model has been widely applied for ecological risk
assessments of down-the-drain (DtD) chemicals in the U.S. To address growing challenges outside the U.S., the model was recently expanded to include Canada and Mexico by integrating country-specific WWTP infrastructure…
Influent
Storm Tanks
Primary Settlement
(all influent samples
taken from central
feed)
Sludge Treatment
Secondary
Oxidation
Final Settlement
(Humus) Tanks
UV Irradiation
Effluent samples
at designated
sampling point
Post 1° samples
Post 2° samples
Sludge samples
Using stable isotopes of carbon (13C) and hydrogen (2H) to determine the contribution and fate of detergent fatty alcohols in the environment
S.M. Mudge – Bangor University, Menai Bridge, Anglesey, UNITED KINGDOM
P.C. DeLeo…
Environmental and Human Safety of Major Surfactants
Volume 1. Anionic Surfactants
Part 4. Alpha Olefin Sulfonates
Final Report To:
The Soap and Detergent Association
475 Park Avenue South
New York, New York 10016
August 1993
Environmental and Human Safety of Major Surfactants
Volume 1. Anionic Surfactants
Part 4. Alpha Olefin Sulfonates
Final Report To:
The Soap and Detergent Associatio n
475 Pari< Avenue South
New York, New York 10016
August 1993…
March 20, 2017
Jeffery Morris, Ph.D., Director
Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics
Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20460-0001
(via www.regulations.gov)
Re: Procedures for Prioritization of Chemicals for Risk Evaluation Under the Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA); Docket No. EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0636
Dear Dr. Morris:
The American Cleaning Institute (ACI)(1) is pleased to provide the following comments…