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Press Release: Victory September 9, 2010

New York To Force Household Cleaner Giants To Reveal Chemical Ingredients

First-of-its kind disclosure cheered by health, consumer, worker, and environmental advocates

Press Release February 17, 2009

Manufacturers Flout Law, Refuse to Disclose Toxics in Household Cleaners

Chemical disclosure could protect consumers, advocates fight for transparency

Press Release February 4, 2010

Environmental and Health Groups Face Off Against Household Cleaner Giants in Court

National toxics reform movement grows, even as companies refuse to follow existing law

Press Release March 3, 2011

Groups Applaud Progress on Cleaning Product Chemical Right-To-Know Effort, Submit Response to State Proposal

Groups want full accounting of nerve and hormone damaging chemicals, even if companies want to keep info secret

Press Release October 6, 2010

Consumers To Get Household Cleaner Chemical Info, But Questions of How and When Remain

Public interest groups back swift timetable, ‘one-stop shopping’ ingredient info for consumers

Children are especially at-risk because they come into greater contact with household dust than adults. The most effective solution is to ban products containing this entire class of chemicals.
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Press Release March 31, 2015

Health, Firefighter, Consumer and Science Groups Seek Ban on Household Products With Toxic Chemical Flame Retardants

97% of U.S. residents at risk from toxic organohalogen flame retardants in their bodies

Certain chemicals likely to be present in cleaning products can be toxic. Health advocates want a clear view of what's inside the bottle.
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Article March 2, 2018

What’s in Our Cleaning Products, Gov. Cuomo?

The New York governor promised to provide access to information about potentially harmful chemicals in household cleaning products. But he has not yet kept that promise.

Press Release July 23, 2009

Judge Rejects Industry Legal Filings in Toxics Right-To-Know Case

Household cleaner giants violated court procedure, case postponed until October

Article June 16, 2010

Do you buy Arm & Hammer cleaning products? I used to.

Still waiting to see what’s in their products besides baking soda

Thanks to advocacy by Earthjustice and other groups, New York will now require cleaning product companies to let the public know if the ingredients in their cleaners are linked to health problems.
(NATALI_MIS / SHUTTERSTOCK)
Article: Victory June 11, 2018

New York’s New Guidance Lets Us Know What’s in Our Toilet Bowl Cleaner

A victory for consumers comes after years of perseverance in pushing household cleaning product manufacturers to disclose their ingredients.

People are exposed to chemicals in their communities, homes and workplaces every day, but often lack access to critical information about the safety of these chemicals.
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Press Release April 25, 2017

What’s In Your Cleaning Product? Answers Are On The Way

New reporting requirements for cleaning product makers will inform public about ingredients, potential hazards

Taking on toxics.
feature May 10, 2018

Insider Briefing: Taking on Toxics

Earthjustice attorneys and policy staff discuss recent victories and the fights ahead to keep dangerous chemicals out of our homes and environment.

page February 11, 2014

Our Team

About Our Team With 200 attorneys in 15 offices across the country, Earthjustice is the nation’s premier nonprofit environmental law organization, working at the federal, state, and local levels. Meet our Board of Trustees and the Earthjustice Council, and see bar admissions for our attorneys. Our team also includes legal and research analysts, policy and…

Press Release: Victory March 12, 2009

Household Cleaner Product Giant SC Johnson Will Disclose Chemical Ingredients

Victory for consumers follows right-to-know lawsuit filed in February

Independent studies into chemicals contained in cleaning products continue to find health effects ranging from nerve damage to hormone disruption.
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case February 17, 2009

Forcing Companies to Disclose the Makeup of Cleaning Products

Earthjustice took Proctor & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive, and other household cleaner manufacturing giants to court for refusing to follow a New York state law requiring them to disclose the chemical ingredients in their products and the health risks they pose. Independent studies into chemicals contained in cleaning products continue to find health effects ranging from nerve…

Shell Convent refinery in St. James Parish, Louisiana. (Alejandro Dávila Fragoso / Earthjustice)
Press Release April 14, 2023

Potential Graves of Enslaved Being Investigated at Proposed Air Products Blue Hydrogen and Ammonia Site in Cancer Alley

Company has not notified local communities of their investigation

When cleaning product manufacturers assure you that product safety is their highest priority, do you ever wonder if their definition of “safe” might differ from yours?
(Women's Voices for the Earth / Josh Koonce, Flickr)
Article April 28, 2015

New Report Exposes Cleaning Industry's Filthy Truth

When cleaning product manufacturers assure you that product safety is their highest priority, do you ever wonder if their definition of “safe” might differ from yours?