September 12, 2012 at 09:06 PM
In an effort to get “ahead of the curve” of federal and state regulators' increasing attention to consumer products and their ingredients, the soap and detergent industry is creating an inventory of chemicals in its products with the aim of providing more information to regulators, particularly state agencies. The industry move comes as an environmental and union group launches a new database of industrial chemicals for worker use. The American Cleaning Institute (ACI), an association of soap and detergent makers including large multi-national companies such as The Clorox Co., The Procter &