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CSPA Comments on EPA’s DfE Program

Shows concern for fragrance material disclosure.

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By: TOM BRANNA

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The new criteria for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Design for the Environment (DfE) Standard for Safer Cleaning Products includes one of the most comprehensive ingredient disclosure models as a way to share with consumers more information about ingredients in consumer products, according to the Consumer Specialty Products Association (CSPA).


CSPA is pleased with the vast majority of what DfE incorporated in the new criteria as it struck a balance between greater transparency and protecting proprietary information. The new criteria goes beyond the industry’s voluntary Consumer Product Ingredient Communication Initiative launched in January 2010 as a way to provide greater transparency about ingredients in cleaning products.

CSPA has remaining concerns about optional criteria for product-specific disclosure of fragrance materials; an additional concern is regarding the required use of CAS numbers because they will not be easily understood by consumers.

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