DTSC Listing Of Detergents Containing NPEs Triggers Notification Mandate

California’s toxics department has finalized a regulation listing laundry detergents containing nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEs) as a “priority product” under its Safer Consumer Products (SCP) green chemistry program as of Oct. 1, triggering a mandate for manufacturers of such products that are sold in the state to submit notifications by Dec. 2. The Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) “has determined that aquatic organisms can be exposed to NPEs and their degradation products from laundry detergents and this exposure may cause...