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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…
CEO Melissa Hockstad: Meetings, Outreach with EPA, FDA, CPSC, CDC Highlight Busy First Half of 2021 Also Highlighted in “State of the Association” Address: Laying the Groundwork for Support of a Federal Ingredient Communication Policy Throughout 2021, the American Cleaning Institute has focused significantly on enhancing “critical” regulatory connections with new federal agency leadership to ensure ACI is out in front on priority policy issues impacting the cleaning product supply chain.…
The American Cleaning Institute (ACI) and several association allies submitted comments to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) regarding the agency’s guidelines for manufacturers seeking to comply with a law limiting the amount of 1,4-dioxane that can be present in household cleansing, personal care, and cosmetic products sold or offered for sale in-state. ACI, joined by the Personal Care Products Council (PCPC), Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA),…
The American Cleaning Institute (ACI), the Personal Care Products Council (PCPC), Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA), Consumer Brands Association (CBA), and Household & Commercial Products Association (HCPA) submitted comments to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) regarding the draft “Method Performance Criteria” (draft/MPC). The draft MPC provides guidance on what test methods are acceptable for manufacturers to use to determine whether…
Who Can Join ACI? Membership is open to manufacturers and marketers of household, industrial and institutional cleaning products, their ingredients, and finished packaging; oleochemical producers; and chemical distributors to the cleaning product industry who have any measurable U.S. sales. How to Join ACI For details on specific membership qualifications and dues categories, contact us at membership@cleaninginstitute.org or fill out the form below. Membership…
1ACI is a trade association for the $30 billion U.S. cleaning products industry. ACI members include the formulators of soaps, detergents, and general cleaning products used in household, commercial, industrial and institutional settings; companies that supply ingredients and finished packaging for these products; and oleochemical producers. 282 Fed. Reg. 4255 (Jan. 13, 2016). 3Public Law 114-182 (June 22, 2016). March 14, 2017 Submitted via REGULATIONS.GOV to…
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 the very least that it rinsed mud off their hands! Fast forward to the Seventh Century when soap making was an established craft in Europe. Soap maker guilds guarded their trade secrets very closely. Vegetable and animal oils were used with ashes of plants, along with fragrances to enhance the cleaning…