Do Common Cleaners Have Toxic Ingredients?
Lawsuit attempts to enforce arcane law in effort to force full disclosure on U.S. cleanser industry.
The Daily Green
Feburary 17, 2009
People concerned about the use of chemicals in their homes and schools have long sought out alternative and DIY cleansers that promise nontoxic cleaning. Ingredients in cleansers could contaminate indoor air, or lead to more subtle developmental, hormonal or reproductive effects, according to laboratory studies on those specific ingredients.
Now, environmental groups are taking several giants of the conventional cleanser industry to court, in an effort to enforce a forgotten New York law they say requires the companies to disclose all chemical ingredients in their products.