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  • Clorox Product Safety Assessments

    Like many other companies, Clorox conducts environmental/human safety assessments above and beyond what's required of us by the government. These studies are not available to the public for competitive reasons. However, the EPA publishes a summary of ingredients that we and other companies use based on tests conducted. These summaries are available to the public.

    For new formulas, product developers are provided guidance and tools to identify environmentally preferred ingredients. Assessments are conducted several times during the formulation stages by environmental and human health safety experts before a product is allowed to go to market. And yes, in the past, there have been new formulas developed by our own scientists or acquired products that have been rejected by Clorox's Product Safety and Regulatory Compliance Department. Such products are then reformulated before release into the marketplace.

    We continually conduct environmental and health assessments on our products, including bleach. What people may not know is Clorox Liquid Bleach is sodium hypochlorite, not free chlorine. In its physical state, household bleach is more similar to common table salt than chlorine, which is why it mostly degrades into salt after use. Here are links to a risk assessment conducted by the EPA, as well as an environmental health review of sodium hypochlorite conducted in Europe:

    USEPA Sodium Hypochlorite Risk Assessment:  http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/REDs/old_reds/case0029.pdf

    European Union - Environmental Health Review of Sodium Hypochlorite:       http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_risk/committees/04_scher/do ...
    On Sierra Club and Clorox celebrate their partnership posted 1 year, 5 months ago 10 Responses

  • Setting the Record Straight on Clorox

    As The Clorox Company's Vice President of Environmental Sustainability, the environment is what I and many others throughout The Clorox Company focus on every day. I'm proud to say that Clorox actually has a long history of environmental stewardship, but we recognize that we have to do a better job of sharing our environmental progress and we need to make more progress. What's important is that we remain committed to furthering our environmental initiatives.

    In addition to our natural brand offerings like Green WorksTM and Burt's Bees®, we stand by the environmental safety of our other products, often going beyond environmental regulations in the formulation, packaging and manufacture of these products. We work hard to make sure our products and business activities comply with, and often exceed, what's required of us.

    As part of this effort, Clorox is continually evaluating new ingredients and manufacturing processes that provide better performance and are safer for the environment. We then make adjustments to our products and operations accordingly. In fact, every Clorox product goes through an environmental assessment by our Product Safety and Regulatory Compliance department prior to being marketed.

    Clorox is also continually seeking to reduce its packaging, maximize its use of recycled materials and develop packaging materials that are recyclable.  We also work to continually improve the eco-efficiency of our manufacturing processes to both ensure compliance with all state and federal environmental regulations and go beyond these requirements in order to reduce our environmental footprint.  We are participating in the Carbon Disclosure Project and we have also joined the U.S. EPA's Climate Leaders Program, committing to conduct an inventory of, and further reduce, our greenhouse gas emissions.

    I strongly encourage you to go to http://www.thecloroxcompany.com/community/OurEnvironment. ... to learn more about our many environmental activities as well as our goals to do better in this area going forward.

    Bill Morrissey, Vice President, Environmental SustainabilityOn Sierra Club and Clorox celebrate their partnership posted 1 year, 5 months ago 10 Responses