US EPA’s Safer Choice Program helps consumers identify products with safer chemical ingredients that have been evaluated by the EPA. Earlier this month, the EPA strengthened standards and updated criteria for the program, the first update to the program in almost 10 years. Read the updated Safer Choice Standards here. Some of the updates include:
- A new certification program for cleaning service providers that use Safer Choice products, protecting workers as well as the people who live or work in the spaces they clean
- Safer packaging criteria to ensure primary packaging does not include any unintentionally added PFAS or other chemicals of concern
- New, optional energy efficiency or use reduction criteria to encourage companies to use less water, use renewable energy, and improve energy efficiency