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  Note to callalilyjen

  callalilyjen,

  I am a Clorox scientist (since 1980), and a member of the team that produced GreenWorks.  First, putting on my green hat, I have been of the mind that the way to change the industry is to show that these products are economically viable -- vote with your pocketbook (and trust me, change can happen!)!

  Second, pertaining to bleach, there was a study published just last year out of the European Commission (BTW, Europe, which is WAY ahead of us in the green movement, has never been a cheerleader for bleach...), assembling all known studies on the use of sodium hypochlorite bleach.  The essence of these studies, as well as the opinion of the European Commission and its Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks is that there are no significant risks in use of sodium hypochlorite, either to the environment or to human health:

  •  "Risk Assessment Report for Sodium Hypochlorite", prepared for European Commission by AISE, 2007 (http://ecb.jrc.it/DOCUMENTS/Existing-Chemicals/RISK_ASSES ...);
    
  •  "Risk Assessment Report on Sodium Hypochlorite; Environmental Part", Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks (SCHER), European Commission, 2008 (http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_risk/committees/04_scher/do ...).
    
  •  "Risk Assessment Report on Sodium Hypochlorite; Human Health Part", Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks (SCHER), European Commission, 2008 (http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_risk/committees/04_scher/do ...);

  Here's the net-net:  the information about the harmfulness of sodium hypochlorite bleach, which has been widely communicated and assumed to be true...is not!  Why haven't you heard more about it this side of the story up until now?  Good question -- that, too, is changing.  Please also see http:www.factsaboutbleach.com.  In Data Veritas!On Clorox's Green Works line now top-selling green cleaners in U.S. posted 1 year ago 3 Responses