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Author Paul Gibbons to Speak at 2024 Convention SessionJanuary 30 Session: Getting a Grip on AI: Understanding the Risks, and Putting it to Work in Your CareerACI Convention Set for January 27-31, 2025, Orlando, FLAt the 2025 American Cleaning Institute (ACI) Industry Convention, join ACI’s Future Leaders Group to explore the potential that artificial intelligence (AI) represents -- and the risks associated with the technology that we must manage as citizens, parents, workers…
1. Derivation of Hazard Quotient Risks were characterized using the HQ approach (Nabholz 1991). HQs can be used to characterize the probability of adverse effects to ecological receptors and often focuses on phylogenetic groups (e.g., algae, invertebrates, and fish). HQs are defined as the quotient of the PECs and PNECs: 𝐻𝑄 = 𝑃𝐸𝐶 𝑃𝑁𝐸𝐶 If a PEC is less than a PNEC the likelihood that an organism will be impacted by the ingredient is low. In contrast, the assumption that an…
US Consumer Products: Research has demonstrated that a consumer’s attention can be diverted from important use and safety information by too much information on a label. Placement of information regarding all potential hazards posed by a consumer product could contribute to this effect. Furthermore, it was shown that warnings focused on specific hazards that are likely to cause injury to man or the environment enhance consumer and environmental protection.  US Workplace: The…
HOME SAFETY GUIDE When living with young children and babies, creating a safe and functional home often requires careful consideration. This is especially important in high-risk areas of the home, such as the laundry room, medicine cabinet and sleeping spaces. To help you achieve this, we’ve collaborated with organization and child safety experts to share insights on creating a safe home, no matter the size. Whether you’re reorganizing, revamping or preparing to bring a…
The shelf life of disinfectants is approximately 1 year. The one year of effectiveness typically begins with the manufacture date. The expiration date is there because over time the active ingredient (the chemical doing the advertised action) may degrade. After the expiration date the product may no longer be doing the work you expect it to, so make sure to use the product prior to the expiration date. Anything you could want to know about a product can be found either printed on the label,…
The ambition we are striving for is for all cleaning product packaging to be circular. Our Roadmap for getting there: As an industry, we are committed to improving packaging design by ensuring packaging is recyclable or reusable, reducing virgin material use, and increasing post-consumer recycled (PCR) or renewably sourced content. In addition, we know we have a role to play in helping to evolve our systems of recovery. To support this transition,…
The American Cleaning Institute is the Home of the U.S. Cleaning Products Industry®, the non-profit trade association representing manufacturers of household, industrial, and institutional cleaning products, their ingredients and finished packaging; oleochemical producers; and chemical distributors to the cleaning products industry. ACI has 120-plus member companies. Find out why companies find value as members of ACI:…
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…
Think about all the "public" surfaces you touch on your way to work – railings, door handles, coins and tokens, cash machines, elevator buttons and more. Then, when you get to your destination, washing your hands probably isn't the first thing you do. Instead, you probably grab a cup of coffee and turn on your computer. If you power up before you clean up, all the germs and bacteria that commuted with you are transferred from your hands to your workstation. Ugh!…