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Prevention of Price Gouging and Availability of
Critical Cleaning Products and Ingredients: COVID-19 Pandemic (March 2020)
Background
The American Cleaning Institute (ACI) is the nation’s leading association representing the cleaning products
value chain. It is the highest priority for ACI and its member companies that consumers have uninterrupted
access to critical…
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!…
How to Read
a Cleaning Product Label
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WHAT TO LOOK FOR:
CLEANING PRODUCT
Directions For Use:
Spray surface with solution, scrub as needed, rinse
or wipe clean. For tougher stains, spray and allow
to sit for 1 minute.
CAUTION:
Avoid contact with eyes. In case of eye contact flush
immediately with water for 15 minutes and consult
a…
March 26, 2020
VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL
Honorable Michael Pence
Vice President
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20500
On behalf of the American Cleaning Institute (ACI), I am writing to urge the White House Novel Coronavirus
(COVID-19) Task Force to remove obstacles to make available supplies of ethanol for hand sanitizers needed
by critical infrastructure…
VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL March 18, 2020
The Honorable William P. Barr The Honorable Joseph J. Simons
Attorney General of the United States Chairman
U.S. Department of Justice U.S. Federal Trade Commission
950 Pennsylvania Ave., NW 400 7th St., SW
Washington, DC 20024 Washington, DC 20530
On behalf of the American Cleaning Institute, I am writing to urge…
Clean homes. Clean workplaces. Clean schools. We’re all drawn to the clean we can "see." But we also know that just because something looks clean, doesn’t mean it really is clean. Learn about the role disinfecting and sanitizing in preventing the spread of illness-causing germs. You can’t see germs — like Salmonella, E. coli, or Influenza. But "pathogenic," or disease-causing, germs can be alive and thriving on surfaces all around you — at home, at work and…
INTRODUCTION
This monograph summarizes: 1) critical fate and effects data required for an
environmental risk assessment on polycarboxylates; and 2) conclusions
drawn from a risk assessment of polycarboxylates in the United States.
Although focused on conditions in the U.S., data from other parts of the world
that are relevant to a U.S. assessment are included in the monograph. The
monograph is written for a technical audience, but not necessarily one…
VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL
March 25, 2020
The Honorable Elaine Chao
Secretary of Transportation
United States Department of Transportation
1200 New Jersey Ave SE
Washington, DC 20590
Dear Madam Secretary:
On behalf of the American Cleaning Institute (ACI), I am writing to urge the U.S. Department of Transportation’s
federal and state enforcement…
CLOSE THE LOOP ON
CLEANING PRODUCTS
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A RECYCLING GUIDE
WHAT TO DO:
Cleaning product packaging is essential for the safe transportation and storage of products. Fortunately,
detergent bottles and many other cleaning product containers are designed to be remade. We need your
help close the loop, reducing and eventually…
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When preparing
food
Before snacks
and meals
After using the
restroom
After touching
animals
When hands are
dirty
When you or
someone around
you is ill
When should you wash your hands?
GOING BEYONDTO BE CLEANGREEN
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
keeping hands clean through improved hand hygiene is one of the
most important steps we can take to avoid…