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EPA Unveils Additional Safer Choice Label for Safer, More Sustainable Cleaning
for Outdoor Use
New label identifies outdoor cleaners, detergents and other products that
provide extra protection for waterways
WASHINGTON – Today, Sept. 18, as part of the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency’s efforts to prevent pollution and empower people to find products
with ingredients that are safer for public health and the environment, the
agency launched an Outdoor Use Safer Choice label. This new label expands on
EPA’s existing Safer Choice label and would identify outdoor use products
— like pet care products, fire defense products, and car, boat, or grill
cleaners — that meet additional EPA criteria to help protect the
environment. 
“Washing our cars, barbeque grills, and even our dogs outdoors often means
that the cleaning products we use go directly into the environment,” said
EPA Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention Deputy Assistant
Administrator for Pollution Prevention Jennie Romer. “Safer Choice’s new
label will help people find products that go the extra mile to protect the
environment, giving consumers peace of mind when cleaning outdoors. By
recognizing outdoor use formulations with safer ingredients that break down in
the environment, this new label highlights another way that companies continue
to develop chemicals that are safer for the planet to prevent pollution from
the start.”
EPA scientists examine every ingredient — no matter its concentration — to
make sure Safer Choice-certified products contain only the safest possible
ingredients. With thousands of certified products, the Safer Choice label is a
reliable way for people to find products whose chemical ingredients have met
EPA’s criteria for being safer without sacrificing performance.
For products that are typically used outdoors, EPA’s Safer Choice program
further requires that every ingredient breaks down quickly and has lower
aquatic toxicity. Products such as all-purpose cleaners can also meet these
additional criteria, even though they are typically used indoors.
Currently, more than 50 Safer Choice-certified products meet the additional
criteria for outdoor use. EPA expects the Outdoor Use Safer Choice label to be
on products as early as next year. Today, people can also find products that
are Safer Choice-certified for outdoor use on the Safer Choice product search
page by selecting the “Products with outdoor uses” box.
Safer Choice
Safer Choice encourages use of chemicals that meet EPA’s stringent criteria
for human health and the environment and provides opportunities for companies
to differentiate their products in the marketplace with the Safer Choice
label. Visit the Safer Choice program website for more information.
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