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11In-House Counsel Committee, June 2018 INGREDIENT COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPARENCY IN CLEANING PRODUCTS: A WIDENING LANDSCAPE Douglas M. Troutman Since the era of the seventies, requirements for more information about cleaning product ingredients have been part of the legislative and regulatory landscape. In just the past decade, stakeholders including industry, nongovernmental organizations, and consumer interest groups have engaged on many fronts.…
In 2016, after years of science-based advocacy from ACI, industry partners and stakeholders, President Obama signed the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act. ACI's goal in TSCA modernization was to ensure members’ ability to innovate and formulate. ACI is committed to targeted risk-management measures that focus priorities and are practical, timely, transparent and responsive to the needs of consumers and other…
ACI is First Non-Manufacturer Group to Successfully Submit Chemicals for Approval by EPA Safer Choice Program The Environmental Protection Agency’s Safer Choice program approved eight cleaning product ingredients submitted by the American Cleaning Institute (ACI) for inclusion in its Safer Chemical Ingredients List (SCIL). The decision marks the first time Safer Choice has approved a SCIL submission by a non-manufacturer. The SCIL is a list of chemical ingredients that are…
High-Resolution Global Mean-Annual Surface Runoff And River Flow Datasets For Use In Risk Assessments Raghu Vamshi1, Kathleen McDonough2, Kathy Stanton3, Amy Ritter1 1Waterborne Environmental 2Procter & Gamble 3American Cleaning Institute SETAC North America, Toronto November 4th, 2019 Outline 2  Introduction Methodology Processing Results Flow comparison Summary Applications Global River Flow – Introduction 3 Outside the United States, no high-…
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…
Environmental Risk Assessments for Topical Antiseptic Ingredients: Benzalkonium Chloride Benzalkonium chloride risks to aquatic and benthic invertebrates are uncertain, depending on bioavailability. Exposures via biosolids are not of concern. Want to know more? Scan here for further information. Kyle Fetters,1 Phyllis Fuchsman1, Michael Bock,1 Alison O’Connor,1 Lauren Brown,1 Igor Mrdjen,1 Miranda Henning,1 Monica Lam,2 Nathan Pechacek,3 Kathleen Stanton4…
Environmental Risk Assessments for Topical Antiseptic Ingredients: Benzalkonium Chloride Benzalkonium chloride risks to aquatic and benthic invertebrates are uncertain, depending on bioavailability. Exposures via biosolids are not of concern. Want to know more? Scan here for further information. Kyle Fetters,1 Phyllis Fuchsman1, Michael Bock,1 Alison O’Connor,1 Lauren Brown,1 Igor Mrdjen,1 Miranda Henning,1 Monica Lam,2 Nathan Pechacek,3 Kathleen Stanton4…
ACI member manufacturers are actively conducting studies and working with the FDA to reinforce the safety and efficacy of these products  The American Cleaning Institute (ACI) refuted recent comments made by activist groups challenging the safety and effectiveness of lawfully marketed antibacterial soaps and ingredients.   Contrary to the assertions raised by these groups, led by the Green Science Policy Institute…
The Ingredient Naming Translator was generated in order to clarify the various naming conventions that can apply to a single cleaning product ingredient, so that any user of a cleaning product can access information about the ingredient they are interested in.  Please note that the Translator was developed as a comprehensive cross reference of ingredient names encountered during the Cleaning Product Ingredient Safety Initiative. As such, the same…
Environmental Risk Assessments for Topical Antiseptic Ingredients: Benzethonium Chloride Benzethonium chloride is predicted to pose no ecological risk in surface water or soil. Sediment risks are uncertain. Want to know more? Scan here for further information. Phyllis Fuchsman,1 Kyle Fetters,1 Michael Bock,1 Alison O’Connor,1 Lauren Brown,1 Igor Mrdjen,1 Miranda Henning,1 Monica Lam,2 Nathan Pechacek,3 Kathleen Stanton4 1 Ramboll, 2 The Procter & Gamble Company, 3 Ecolab…