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Published on Friday, February 5, 2010 by Associated Press
by Jennifer Peltz
NEW YORK - It's the mystery under the kitchen sink.
Exactly what's in floor cleaner? What's stain remover made
of? And what effects, if any, might they have on human health
or the environment?
Environmental advocates want to know, and they asked a court
Thursday to use a 1971 New York state law to force such manufacturers
as Procter & Gamble and Colgate-Palmolive to reveal just what makes
up such household staples as Ajax, Ivory soap and Tide.
The cleanser industry - which recently ramped up voluntary efforts
to unveil product ingredients - says that the legal case is unwarranted,
and that fears about health risks are misinformed.
But groups including the American Lung Association and the Sierra
Club want the public to know more.
Members "want access to the information so they can determine the
kind of chemicals that they are introducing into their homes and whether
there are any risks associated with them," Keri Powell, an attorney
for the environmental firm Earthjustice, told a state judge at a hearing Thursday.
The rest:
http://www.commondreams.org/print/52524
by Jennifer Peltz
NEW YORK - It's the mystery under the kitchen sink.
Exactly what's in floor cleaner? What's stain remover made
of? And what effects, if any, might they have on human health
or the environment?
Environmental advocates want to know, and they asked a court
Thursday to use a 1971 New York state law to force such manufacturers
as Procter & Gamble and Colgate-Palmolive to reveal just what makes
up such household staples as Ajax, Ivory soap and Tide.
The cleanser industry - which recently ramped up voluntary efforts
to unveil product ingredients - says that the legal case is unwarranted,
and that fears about health risks are misinformed.
But groups including the American Lung Association and the Sierra
Club want the public to know more.
Members "want access to the information so they can determine the
kind of chemicals that they are introducing into their homes and whether
there are any risks associated with them," Keri Powell, an attorney
for the environmental firm Earthjustice, told a state judge at a hearing Thursday.
The rest:
http://www.commondreams.org/print/52524