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Lonza Inc., a leader in EPA registered microbial control solutions, has five EPA-approved surfactants that are now listed on www.cleangredients.org.
Customers can access the CleanGredients website and learn more about how Lonza’s EPA approved green amine oxide surfactants are used in U.S. EPA DfE approved formulations. The firm's Barlox 10S, Barlox 12, Barlox 12N, Barlox 14, and FMB AO-8 are used in a broad number of industrial applications where coupling, detergency, and formulation compatibility are important.
CleanGredients is a unique collaboration between nonprofit sustainability institute GreenBlue, the U.S. EPA and industry leaders, with a combined objective of supplying customers with green alternatives.
CleanGredients has many benefits, including:
• Subscribers are easily able to obtain information on green ingredient alternatives.
• On-line access to obtain information about green chemicals which enables users to reduce research, development and marketing costs.
• Participation in the U.S. EPA DfE Formulator Initiative is streamlined due to listing ingredient chemicals that are pre-screened against U.S. EPA criteria.
• Formulators are able to identify chemicals that will support formula recognition by the U.S. EPA and the ability to display the U.S. EPA DfE logo.
More information about these products can be found on the CleanGredients website, www.cleangredients.org, and the Lonza website, www.lonza.com, under "Other Products and Services–Biocides."