On May 14, 2020, the American Cleaning Institute (ACI), a BRAG member, announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved eight cleaning product ingredients submitted by ACI for inclusion in EPA’s Safer Chemical Ingredients List (SCIL). EPA’s Safer Choice Program focuses on assisting consumers, businesses, and purchasers to find products that perform and contain ingredients that are safer for human health and the environment. SCIL is a list of chemical ingredients that have been evaluated and determined by the Safer Choice Program to be safer than traditional chemical ingredients. This is the first time that the Safer Choice Program has approved a SCIL submission by a non-manufacturer. Kathleen Stanton, ACI Associate Vice President of Technical and International Affairs and BRAG company representative, commented on ACI’s achievement stating that “[a]dding chemicals to the SCIL encourages innovation and growth in safer products, increases markets for manufacturers and helps protect people and the environment.” The following chemical surfactants were added to SCIL:

• Octadecanoic acid, 2-ethylhexyl ester;

• Alcohols, C12-15;

• Octadecanoic acid, 12-hydroxy-;

• Fatty acids, C8-18 and C18-unsaturated, sodium salts;

• Fatty acids, C14-18 and C16-18-unsaturated, sodium salts;

• Potassium oleate;

• Fatty acids, palm-oil; and

• Sulfuric acid, mono-C14-18-alkyl esters, sodium salts.

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