Wednesday, February 18, 2009

NEWS: Environmentalists to sue for disclosure of chemicals in cleaning products

Environmentalists to sue for disclosure of chemicals in cleaning products
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2009/02/the-makers-of-t.html

The makers of Tide, Ajax and other common household cleansers are being
asked to come clean about their ingredients. Environmental and health
activists announced plans for a lawsuit to make Procter & Gamble,
Colgate-Palmolive and two other major firms reveal the chemical ingredients
of their cleaning products and their research on their effects.

"People deserve to know whether the products they use to wash their dishes
and clean their homes could be harmful," said Keri Powell, attorney for
Earthjustice, in New York. The nonprofit public-interest law firm, which
specializes in pro-environment litigation, will file the lawsuit Wednesday
in New York on behalf of six state and national environmental and health
groups, including the Sierra Club and the American Lung Assn.
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