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Corporate Social Responsibility
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12.21.2005 ET
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CSR News from:
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The Soap and Detergent Association
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Cleaning Product Stewardship Detailed in Comprehensive SDA Publication
State-of-the-Art Compilation of Ingredient Exposure, Risk Screening Methodologies Now Available on SDA's website, www.sdahq.org
218-Page Book Great Resource for Manufacturers, Suppliers of Ingredients Used in Cleaning, Laundry, Personal Care Methods
(CSRwire) WASHINGTON, D.C. - Companies who manufacture or supply ingredients
for cleaning, laundry and personal care products now can put their use in
a proper, science-based context, with a new publication from The Soap and
Detergent Association (SDA).
Exposure and Risk Screening Methods for Consumer Product
Ingredients provides comprehensive data on exposure information and
screening methods for chemical ingredients used in consumer products.
This 218-page publication can be downloaded at
http://www.sdahq.org/publications/technical.
While originally designed to be of great value in putting High Production
Volume (HPV) chemical hazard data into perspective - facilitating
prioritization of chemicals for further evaluation - the book can be used
for screening the risk of any ingredients in these products. HPV
chemicals are those produced in the United States or imported in
quantities greater than one million pounds annually.
"This document provides a state-of-the-art compilation of human and
environmental exposure models for consumer product ingredients, as well as
a reference to key effects measures as used both in the United States and
in the European Union," said Hans Sanderson, Ph.D., SDA Director of
Environmental Safety.
The intended audience of this document is chemical risk assessors within
governmental agencies, businesses and stakeholder groups who have some
experience in the area of consumer products exposure and risk assessment,
and have responsibility for prioritizing chemical safety reviews of
substances. This document will also be useful for assessors involved in
chemical risk management work as a tool to improve the efficiency of
resource utilization.
This publication should move risk-based approaches for addressing
chemical use in consumer products forward and increase the beneficial use
of available data, added Dr. Sanderson.
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The Soap and Detergent Association (www.sdahq.org) is the Home of the U.S.
Cleaning Product and Oleochemical IndustriesSM, representing manufacturers
of household, industrial, and institutional cleaning products; their
ingredients and finished packaging; and oleochemical producers. SDA
members produce more than 90 percent of the cleaning products marketed in
the U.S. The SDA is located at 1500 K Street, NW, Suite 300, Washington,
DC 20005.
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