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How Does Cleaning Affect Your Health?  Personal hygiene and regular housecleaning are essential to good health and cleaning products can help. Frequent handwashing is key to preventing the spread of microorganisms (also known as microbes or germs) that cause many common illnesses. And regular cleaning of surfaces in the home removes dirt and food particles on which germs can grow. In addition, cleaning and…
ACI member sustainability challenge contributes to nonprofit bringing clean water into underserved communities For the second year, the American Cleaning Institute (ACI) led social media challenge, ‘Our Future is Clean,’ highlighted the sustainability efforts across the cleaning products industry. The challenge kicked off on September 17 in coordination with Climate Week and ran through October 31. To participate, member…
Keeping clean and healthy when you are not at home is important. Get school cleaning resources, including tips for students and custodians. Clean Hands at School Kids get dirty, it's true... but cleaning your hands before eating and after using the restroom can help you stay healthy. Learn when, why and how you…
Did you ever think about how the spring-cleaning ritual developed? Before the advent of electricity and a host of other modern conveniences, homes were heated with coal, oil and/or wood, and lit by gas or candlelight. Soot and grime were the natural companions of winter. Once spring arrived, the doors were thrown open, and everything – rugs, furniture, cupboards, curtains and more – was aired out, cleaned out, swept out and scrubbed out. Although today's centrally heated…
The ingredients in your cleaning products fall into several different categories, added to provide different characteristics and cleaning functions. Each product formula is a careful balance of various ingredients that will work best for what you are trying to clean. For more information about the specific ingredients in a cleaning product, visit the manufacturer's website or look for the product in SmartLabel…
Laundry Safety Alerts & Icons Education is the key to injury prevention and ACI is working with a variety of organizations who are helping echo our safety messages. You may have noticed that some retailers are posting information near single-load liquid laundry packets on the shelves of your favorite stores to help raise consumer awareness of the safe use of these products. This information is important and should not be ignored when shopping and using these products. Take a moment to…
Report from the Asthma Science Forum May 10, 2011           Industry Sponsored Asthma Science Forum                                                       Report of Workshop held May 10, 2011  Renaissance Capital View, Arlington, Virginia    Submitted to:  Asthma Scienc ng Committee     e Forum Steeri   Submitted by:    Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment  (Contact: Jacqueline Patterson, patterson@tera.org)    January 17, 2012  Final    Copyright © 2012 American 
The American Cleaning Institute (ACI) signed on to a letter expressing strong support for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Safer Choice Program. ACI is one of 90 signatories that came together, representing brands, chemical manufacturers, governments, NGOs and retailers. In the letter, the coalition asks Congress to “provide funding at a level that allows the program to be fully staffed and resourced.” The letter also highlights how companies across the value…
Free, Online Resources Prepare College Students Keeping Clean On and Off Campus Download the Toolkit: CleaningInstitute.org/ClassofClean Do college students know how to clean? The American Cleaning Institute (ACI) aims to answer yes to that question with its brand new Class of Clean: The College Student’s Guide to Cleaning toolkit, which provides concise, step-by-step information and guidance to help keep…
There's lots to teach about cleaning! The origins of personal cleanliness date back to prehistoric times. Since water is essential for life, the earliest people lived near water and knew something about its cleansing properties - at least that it rinsed mud off their hands. And clean hands keep you from sharing germs. Browse ACI's publications for teacher resources. STEM…