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Design for the Environment

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The new CleanGredients makes it easier for businesses to make safer products—and for consumers to find them

CleanGredients (a project of the nonprofit GreenBlue) supports EPA’s Safer Choice program by providing product formulators access to a database of market-ready safer chemical ingredients pre-screened by third-party toxicologists and EPA against criteria established by Safer Choice. Recently, CleanGredients launched a new website, highlighting the role it plays in supporting the Safer Choice program.

Filed Under: Find Safer Products Tagged With: cleaning products, Design for the Environment, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Safer Choice, Design for the Environment/Safer Choice, CleanGredients, Elizabeth Ritch

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Look for the Safer Choice

EPA’s label is a useful tool for consumers and companies.

Filed Under: Find Safer Products, Mind the Store Tagged With: carcinogens, Design for the Environment, EPA, EWG, FDA-certified colors, fragrance, green chemistry, hazardous chemicals, ingredients, brands, Safer Choice, brominated flame retardant, companies, MADE SAFE, label, program, Green Seal, reproductive toxins, brain damaging chemicals, inert

Walmart Disclosing and Phasing Out Many Toxic Chemicals in Historic Move

The world’s largest retailer, Walmart, announced today it would begin disclosing chemicals in many product categories while phasing out approximately ten chemicals from products, in favor of safer alternatives. It also announced that it will pursue EPA’s Design for the Environment (DfE) imprimatur for some of its private label products. The disclosure practices will begin in 2015 and apply to cleaners, personal care products, cosmetics and baby care.

Filed Under: Mind the Store Tagged With: chemical action plan, Design for the Environment, DfE, eco-labels, EPA, Hazardous 100, ingredient disclosure, mind the store, phase out chemicals, retailers, safer alternatives, toxic chemicals, Walmart

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