CleanGredients® Ready to List Chelating Agents, Fragrances, and More!
The big and exciting news this month is that EPA has completed and published the DfE Criteria for Chelating and Sequestering Agents and the DfE Criteria for Fragrances. This means that CleanGredients can now begin listing chelating agents and fragrances. This is a great accomplishment that caps three years of development of these Criteria. In addition, EPA’s concomitant publication of the revised and updated DfE Master Criteria means that CleanGredients can now accept listings for any chemical ingredient, provided it meets the DfE Master Criteria. Congratulations and most sincere thanks to all the members of the Chelating Agents and Fragrances Technical Committees for your work, collaborative spirit, and commitment to the DfE Program and CleanGredients.
If your company is interested in listing chelants or fragrances or other ingredients in CleanGredients, please see our How to List page or contact us. To read the DfE Criteria, including the implementation schedules, please see the DfE website.
More New Surfactants Available in CleanGredients
The number of surfactants in CleanGredients continues to grow. New surfactants from Lonza have met the DfE Criteria and are now listed in CleanGredients. To view these new surfactants, please log in to your CleanGredients account. New companies interested in subscribing to CleanGredients, please visit our subscription page and sign up online!
Federal Agencies Collaborate to Improve Chemical Screening
The EPA, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences National Toxicology Program (NTP), and the National Institute of Health Chemical Genomics Center (NCGC) welcome the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to the Tox21 collaboration. The Tox21 collaboration merges federal agency resources (research, funding, and testing tools) to develop ways to more effectively predict how chemicals will affect human health and the environment. The collaboration was established in 2008 to develop models to better predict how chemicals will affect humans. FDA will provide additional expertise and chemical safety information to improve current chemical testing methods.
News and Outreach
- California Lawmakers Push Toxics Ban Bills Citing Green Chemistry Plan Flaws
InsideEPA.com (subscription required)
09 August 2010 - Unlikely Passage of TSCA Reform Spurs State Push on Chemical Safety
InsideEPA.com (subscription required)
09 August 2010 - A Green Supply Chain
Chemical & Engineering News
02 August 2010 - Cosmetics Bill Seeks Full Ingredient Disclosure, FDA Oversight
GreenerDesign
22 July 2010 - How Safe Are Cosmetics? New Bill Wants to Find Out
AOL News
21 July 2010 - Green cleaning: There's the scrub
The Independent
20 July 2010 - Walmart and the Sustainability Index: One Year Later
GreenBiz.com
19 July 2010
Upcoming Events of Interest
- 3rd IUPAC Conference on Green Chemistry
15-19 August 2010
Ottawa, Canada - Cleaning Products 2010
03-05 November 2010
Alexandria, VA - SETAC North America 31st Annual Meeting
07-11 November 2010
Portland, OR - ISSA/INTERCLEAN North America 2010
08-12 November 2010
Orlando, FL - EPA Sustainable Futures™ Training Workshop
16-18 November 2010
Washington, DC