EPA Posts List of Safer Chemical Ingredients for DfE Safer Product Labeling Program
Design for the Environment (DfE): The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today posted a List of Safer Chemical Ingredients that contains chemicals that meet stringent criteria applied by the Design for the Environment (DfE) Safer Product Labeling Program. This program recognizes products that are high-performance and cost-effective while using the safest chemical ingredients. At present, more […]
EPA to Post List of Chemicals Acceptable for DfE-labeled Products
Design for the Environment (DfE) / Green Chemistry: EPA’s Design for the Environment (DfE) team announced today that, in September, it will post on the agency’s website a list of chemicals that are acceptable for use in DfE-labeled products. Questions or comments about the proposal should be submitted to EPA by August 24, 2012. The contact at […]
US EPA and California DTSC Form Green Chemistry Partnership
Sustainable Products/Green Chemistry: On January 12, 2012, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) announced their Green Chemistry Partnership. The agencies’ agreement is memorialized in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that outlines principles by which the agencies will cooperate to reduce toxic chemicals in consumer products, create new business opportunities in the […]
Design for the Environment–EPA’s Safer Product Labeling Program
Green Chemistry/Design for the Environment: Readers interested in EPA’s Safer Product Labeling Program may want to look through the list of products now authorized to carry EPA’s Design for the Environment (DfE) label. The list is available here. On April 20, in anticipation of Earth Day, EPA announced that 2,500 products are now approved to […]