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APPENDIX A: Cleaning Products and Vendors - Last Updated May 2003

The following table presents a sample of cleaning products with environmental attributes. This information was compiled based on information from Green Seal, Scientific Certification Systems, the United Soy Board (for biobased products), the Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, and U.S. EPA Region 9. Contact the manufacturer or vendor for complete environmental, health, and safety information.

Green Seal

Products certified by Green Seal against GS 37 Standard for Industrial and Institutional Cleaners. The standard is applicable for all-purpose, bathroom and glass cleaners. The standard establishes criteria in the following areas:

• Toxic compounds (LD50 <2,000 mg/kg, LC50 <20 mg/l)
• No carcinogens or reproductive toxins
• Skin and Eye Irritation
• Skin Sensitization
• Combustibility
• Photochemical smog, tropospheric ozone production, and indoor air quality
• Toxicity to aquatic life for algae, daphnia or fish (LC <100mg/l)
• Eutrophication
• Packaging
• Concentrate
• Fragrances
• Prohibited Ingredients (alkylphenol ethoxylates, dibutyl phthalate, heavy metals including arsenic, lead, cadmium, cobalt, chromium, mercury, nickel, or selenium, and ozone-depleting compounds)
• Training
• Animal testing

For more detailed information, visit www.greenseal.org.

Scientific Certification Systems

• "The products listed as certified by SCS in the table below are biodegradable. Certifications are consistent with international standards (ISO-14021). SCS consults with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to clarify claims questions, and ensures that its claims comply with the FTC's Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims under Section 5 of the FTC Act and relevant state environmental marketing guidelines. For more detailed information, visit the SCS Web site at www.scs1.com or read the FTC Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims at www.ftc.gov/bcp/grnrule/guides980427.htm.

Biobased Product

• "Biobased product" refers to a commercial or industrial product (other than food or feed) that utilizes biological or renewable domestic agricultural (plant, animal, and marine) or forestry materials. Executive Order 13101 directs US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to create a list of biobased products for acquisition by federal agencies. The draft list includes cleaning products. Until specific criteria are developed and approved by USDA, the United Soy Board list of products is proffered for consideration by federal acquisitioners. Other biobased materials are also used in cleaners, including citrus and corn. This list will be expanded as product inventories are found to cover these other types of products. Fore more information about biobased products, visit www.usda-biobasedproducts.net

Javits-Wagner- O'Day Act (JWOD) Product

• "Federal Acquisition Regulations direct federal agencies to purchase products manufactured and sold by non-profit agencies affiliated with the National Industries for the Blind and NISH, a non-profit agency serving disabled persons. Depending on the product category, these sources may be mandatory sources for federal agencies. Often, JWOD-affiliated affiliated agencies team with commercial vendors to services, such as packaging product from bulk to retail containers, which employ blind and disabled persons. That is why some of the products may be listed as being sold both by a private company and a JWOD-affiliated agency. For more information about the JWOD products, visit www.JWOD.gov. To access JWODs e-commerce site, visit www.JWOD.gov.

U.S. EPA Region 9 Janitorial Pollution Prevention Project

• Products included in this category were reviewed for safe chemical content based on toxicology data and information from material safety data sheets. Numerous cleaning professionals also have proved them effective in on-the-job trials.

Products and vendors who wish to be added to this list should contact Heather Davies, Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance, U.S. Department of the Interior, at heather_davies@ios.doi.gov.

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