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Rising to an Unprecedented Challenge The cleaning products industry’s response to COVID-19 January–August 2020 2 Cleaning Products Industry Impact Report: COVID-19 An Essential Response to Urgent Needs The COVID-19 pandemic that has swept the world has, in just a few months, changed enormously the way we live, work and play. It has required a response from governments, healthcare bodies, businesses and all of us that is, quite simply, without precedent. Everyone has had to…
The Soap and Detergent Association Washington, D.C. Calculation of Component Chemical Air Emission Factors for: • Hand Dishwashing Detergents • Liquid Laundry Detergent • Liquid Fabric Softener Part II – Emissions from Wastewater Collection and Treatment Systems August 2007 Prepared by Thomas R. Card Environmental Management Consulting 41125 278th Way SE, Enumclaw, WA 98022 USA 360-802-5540 trcard@earthlink.net…
This monograph summarizes: 1) critical fate and effects data required for an environmental risk assessment on boron; and 2) conclusions drawn from a risk assessment of boron in the United States. The monograph addresses the environmental exposures to boron resulting from consumer use and disposal of the ingredient as a result of its presence in cleaning products. The monograph is written for a technical audience, but not necessarily one familiar with environmental risk assessment. The…
INTERVENTION ANALYSIS TO ESTIMATE PHOSPHORUS LOADING SHIFTS K. A. Booman*, L. Pallesen** an'd P. M. Berthouex*** *The Soøp and Detergent Assoc., 475 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016, U.S.A. **Technical University of Denmark, IMSOR, Lyngby, Denmark ***Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wßconsin, Madison, WI 53706, U.S.A. ABSTRACT Phosphate laundry detergents have been banned in the Great Lakes drainage basin and a few other regions of the U.S.A. New bans are…
HIGH EFFICIENCY Washers and Detergents Working in Harmony to Save Energy and Water www.cleaninginstitute.org Enhancing the health and quality of life through cleaning products and practices Email: info@cleaninginstitute.org Website: www.cleaninginstitute.org A Consumer Guide To About This Guide: Compared to traditional washers, HE washers work in a completely different way. As a result, the detergents used in HE washers need to work differently, too. That’s why the American…
© 2007 The Soap and Detergent Association. All Rights Reserved. Benthic Community Structure and Surfactants in the Trinity River Presented to The Soap and Detergent Association Surfactants in Sediments Task Force Prepared by University of North Texas Institute of Applied Sciences Samuel Atkinson, David Johnson, James Kennedy, Jaime Slye, and Barney Venables Final Report March 2, 2007 2 Executive Summary The…
HAZL=TON LAE}OIRATOFIIES AMEFICA. INC. 3301 KINSMAN BLVD., P.O. BOX 7545 MAD|SON, Wr 53707 USA PHONE (608) 241*4471 FACS| MILE (608]' 241 -7 227 TELEX TLX 703956 HAZRAL MDS UO FINAL REPORT Anaìysis of Heavy Hetaìs in C'leaning Products HLA Study No. 6310-l0l for The Soap and Detergent Association 475 Park Avenue South New York, New York 10016 by Hazleton Laboratories America, Inc. 3301 Kinsman Bou'levard l'ladi son, l{i sconsi n 53704 January 9, 1990 ¡ COFINII\,o Llbor¡rory Ssrvices…
PRELIMINARY EVALUATION PHOSPHORUS LOADING to WESTCHESTER COUNTY LAKES Submitted by CARPENTER ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATES INC. 406 Paulding Avenue Northvale, New Jersey07647 October 1984 Background Carpenter Environmental Associates Inc. were retained by the Soap and Detergent Association on 3/26/84 to determine phosphorus loadings to Lakes in Westchester County, New York.The objective of this investigation was to carry out a first order evaluation of the total yearly loading of…
The Soap and Detergent Association Risk Assessment Guidance for Enzyme-Containing Products Table of Contents Preface 2 Executive Summary 3 Chapter 1 — Introduction to Enzymes 4 Chapter 2 — Introduction to Risk Assessment 6 Chapter 3 — Hazard Identification 8 Chapter 4 — Dose-Response Assessment 11 Chapter 5 — Exposure Assessment 17 Chapter 6 — Risk Characterization 23 Chapter 7 — Risk Management 28 Chapter 8 — Conclusions 30 Bibliography 31 Glossary 38 Appendix 1 — Estimation…
© American Cleaning Institute 2012 Final Report Fatty Alcohols in the Riverine Environment: The effect of wastewater treatment type and Eco-region A study of the fatty alcohols in the influent, effluent and sediments associated with municipal wastewater treatment plants in Oklahoma, Ohio and Oregon, USA. Prepared for the American Cleaning Institute by Stephen M. Mudge August 2012 © American Cleaning Institute 2012 2 Abstract Previous…