USA. Department of Environmental Conservation is to authorize a new state guidance to oversee requirements for manufacturers to disclose ingredients in household and commercial cleaning productsNew York should make manufacturers come clean about household products: View Adrienne Wald Published 7:00 a.m. ET Nov. 30, 2017 | Updated 7:46 a.m. ET Nov. 30, 2017 Do your cleaning products make you wheeze, feel lightheaded or give you a headache? Fortunately, improved protection of public health and the environment could soon be afforded to New Yorkers under a new state guidance that would authorize the Department of Environmental Conservation to oversee requirements that manufacturers disclose ingredients in household and commercial cleaning products. I urge Gov. Andrew Cuomo to finalize this important action by year end. Contaminants that are not intentionally added but are a byproduct of the manufacturing process or present as an environmental background contaminant must also be disclosed. This new measure will enable residents of New York to make informed choices about the safety of ingredients in the cleaning products they purchase, and should serve as a model for the rest of the country. It is important to read labels of household products, (Photo: Geo-grafika, Getty Images/iStockphoto) The importance this information has for those concerned with protecting or improving their health is well known to nurses and other health care professionals. Whether working with new mothers or children, or with those who have, or are trying to prevent, a chronic disease, we see how eager patients are to do all they can to improve or protect their health and that of their families, communities, and of the environment. READ: What's in your household cleaners? NY requiring details Limiting exposure to chemicals of concern is an important step that individuals can take to impact their health and the health of the environment. Cleanser manufacturers are required to disclose any health hazards ingredients in their products pose, as well as any harm to the environment, on their company websites. Individuals with chronic illness such as asthma (10.7 percent of all New Yorkers, according to the Centers for Disease Control, and 25 percent of New York City’s children) and groups who are particularly vulnerable to chemicals of concern such as pregnant women and young children may benefit most from this important action by Cuomo. With the current administration and Congress proposing deep cuts to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and federal rollbacks of environmental policies on air, water and other protections, action at the state and local level are critically important. New York is well-positioned to be a national leader. The New York State Household Cleaning Products Disclosure Information Program is a great step forward in providing this national leadership, as cleanser ingredient and health hazard information will be on company websites and available to everyone, everywhere. Children, pregnant women, the elderly and those with existing chronic illnesses are most vulnerable to the health harms of hazardous ingredients and may benefit most from this information. Disclosure of all ingredients, including fragrances and dyes, known contaminants or impurities, and whether or not they are identified as causing or contributing to a host of diseases such as some cancers, respiratory illness including asthma, reproductive harm, learning or developmental problems, or other illnesses is mandated and will help patients who suffer from these conditions to better manage their exposure and protect their health. Our patients are seeking knowledge to help them make decisions and choices in order to safeguard their health and that of their families and communities. As a professor of nursing together with my students, nurse colleagues, and other health-care professionals, I work with patients on how to take steps to limit chemicals of concern in their homes and to offer best evidence about the health impact of the products they purchase and use, and their effects on the health of the environment. This regulation can lay the groundwork for additional efforts to safeguard health, both here in New York and across the country. As a longtime public health and environmental advocate, I am grateful to live in a state that is leading on these issues.http://hogar.intelect.com.mx/notes/usa-department-of-environmental-conservation-is-to-authorize-a-new-state-guidance-to-oversee-requirements-that-manufacturers-disclose-ingredients-in-household-and-commercial-cleaning-productshttp://hogar.intelect.com.mx/@@site-logo/logoAllen.png
USA. Department of Environmental Conservation is to authorize a new state guidance to oversee requirements for manufacturers to disclose ingredients in household and commercial cleaning products
New York should make manufacturers come clean about household products: View Adrienne Wald Published 7:00 a.m. ET Nov. 30, 2017 | Updated 7:46 a.m. ET Nov. 30, 2017 Do your cleaning products make you wheeze, feel lightheaded or give you a headache? Fortunately, improved protection of public health and the environment could soon be afforded to New Yorkers under a new state guidance that would authorize the Department of Environmental Conservation to oversee requirements that manufacturers disclose ingredients in household and commercial cleaning products. I urge Gov. Andrew Cuomo to finalize this important action by year end. Contaminants that are not intentionally added but are a byproduct of the manufacturing process or present as an environmental background contaminant must also be disclosed. This new measure will enable residents of New York to make informed choices about the safety of ingredients in the cleaning products they purchase, and should serve as a model for the rest of the country. It is important to read labels of household products, (Photo: Geo-grafika, Getty Images/iStockphoto) The importance this information has for those concerned with protecting or improving their health is well known to nurses and other health care professionals. Whether working with new mothers or children, or with those who have, or are trying to prevent, a chronic disease, we see how eager patients are to do all they can to improve or protect their health and that of their families, communities, and of the environment. READ: What's in your household cleaners? NY requiring details Limiting exposure to chemicals of concern is an important step that individuals can take to impact their health and the health of the environment. Cleanser manufacturers are required to disclose any health hazards ingredients in their products pose, as well as any harm to the environment, on their company websites. Individuals with chronic illness such as asthma (10.7 percent of all New Yorkers, according to the Centers for Disease Control, and 25 percent of New York City’s children) and groups who are particularly vulnerable to chemicals of concern such as pregnant women and young children may benefit most from this important action by Cuomo. With the current administration and Congress proposing deep cuts to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and federal rollbacks of environmental policies on air, water and other protections, action at the state and local level are critically important. New York is well-positioned to be a national leader. The New York State Household Cleaning Products Disclosure Information Program is a great step forward in providing this national leadership, as cleanser ingredient and health hazard information will be on company websites and available to everyone, everywhere. Children, pregnant women, the elderly and those with existing chronic illnesses are most vulnerable to the health harms of hazardous ingredients and may benefit most from this information. Disclosure of all ingredients, including fragrances and dyes, known contaminants or impurities, and whether or not they are identified as causing or contributing to a host of diseases such as some cancers, respiratory illness including asthma, reproductive harm, learning or developmental problems, or other illnesses is mandated and will help patients who suffer from these conditions to better manage their exposure and protect their health. Our patients are seeking knowledge to help them make decisions and choices in order to safeguard their health and that of their families and communities. As a professor of nursing together with my students, nurse colleagues, and other health-care professionals, I work with patients on how to take steps to limit chemicals of concern in their homes and to offer best evidence about the health impact of the products they purchase and use, and their effects on the health of the environment. This regulation can lay the groundwork for additional efforts to safeguard health, both here in New York and across the country. As a longtime public health and environmental advocate, I am grateful to live in a state that is leading on these issues.
New York should make manufacturers come clean about household products: View Adrienne Wald Published 7:00 a.m. ET Nov. 30, 2017 | Updated 7:46 a.m. ET Nov. 30, 2017
Do your cleaning products make you wheeze, feel lightheaded or give you a headache? Fortunately, improved protection of public health and the environment could soon be afforded to New Yorkers under a new state guidance that would authorize the Department of Environmental Conservation to oversee requirements that manufacturers disclose ingredients in household and commercial cleaning products.
I urge Gov. Andrew Cuomo to finalize this important action by year end. Contaminants that are not intentionally added but are a byproduct of the manufacturing process or present as an environmental background contaminant must also be disclosed. This new measure will enable residents of New York to make informed choices about the safety of ingredients in the cleaning products they purchase, and should serve as a model for the rest of the country.
It is important to read labels of household products, (Photo: Geo-grafika, Getty Images/iStockphoto) The importance this information has for those concerned with protecting or improving their health is well known to nurses and other health care professionals. Whether working with new mothers or children, or with those who have, or are trying to prevent, a chronic disease, we see how eager patients are to do all they can to improve or protect their health and that of their families, communities, and of the environment.
READ: What's in your household cleaners? NY requiring details
Limiting exposure to chemicals of concern is an important step that individuals can take to impact their health and the health of the environment. Cleanser manufacturers are required to disclose any health hazards ingredients in their products pose, as well as any harm to the environment, on their company websites. Individuals with chronic illness such as asthma (10.7 percent of all New Yorkers, according to the Centers for Disease Control, and 25 percent of New York City’s children) and groups who are particularly vulnerable to chemicals of concern such as pregnant women and young children may benefit most from this important action by Cuomo.
With the current administration and Congress proposing deep cuts to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and federal rollbacks of environmental policies on air, water and other protections, action at the state and local level are critically important. New York is well-positioned to be a national leader. The New York State Household Cleaning Products Disclosure Information Program is a great step forward in providing this national leadership, as cleanser ingredient and health hazard information will be on company websites and available to everyone, everywhere.
Children, pregnant women, the elderly and those with existing chronic illnesses are most vulnerable to the health harms of hazardous ingredients and may benefit most from this information. Disclosure of all ingredients, including fragrances and dyes, known contaminants or impurities, and whether or not they are identified as causing or contributing to a host of diseases such as some cancers, respiratory illness including asthma, reproductive harm, learning or developmental problems, or other illnesses is mandated and will help patients who suffer from these conditions to better manage their exposure and protect their health.
Our patients are seeking knowledge to help them make decisions and choices in order to safeguard their health and that of their families and communities. As a professor of nursing together with my students, nurse colleagues, and other health-care professionals, I work with patients on how to take steps to limit chemicals of concern in their homes and to offer best evidence about the health impact of the products they purchase and use, and their effects on the health of the environment. This regulation can lay the groundwork for additional efforts to safeguard health, both here in New York and across the country.
As a longtime public health and environmental advocate, I am grateful to live in a state that is leading on these issues.
