CHOOSING SAFER PRODUCTS - Auto Products through Cleaners

updated Jan 27, 2010 by Maria Mergel

Product Category	Guidelines on Choosing Products	Searchable Databases of Specific Products
Automotive Products	King County Local Hazardous Waste Management Program (LHWMP): Automotive and Marine/Boat Products (antifreeze, batteries, etc.)	Healthycar.org (cars and children's car seats) NIH Household Products Database: Auto Products (provides safety information on some products)
Art and Office Supplies	Chlorine-Free Products Association (Note: chlorine-bleached paper products do not pose hazards during use but the bleaching process releases dioxins) Environmental Defence (Canada): Healthy Artist Guide to a Less Toxic Studio Princeton University: Art Safety Training Guide (for visual arts) Sustainable Hospitals: PVC-free Office Supplies Washington Toxics Coalition: Art and Hobby Materials (general), Art and Craft Supplies (children), Toxic-Free Back-to-School	City of Tucson: Database of Art Mediums State of California's list of art products not allowed in grades K-6 (PDF)
Building Materials	Green Seal: "Choose Green" reports (carpeting, wood finishes and stains, manufactured wood, floor care products) Healthy Building Network (focuses on formaldehyde, wood preservatives, vinyl/PVC) Pollution in People: Home Repair Materials Washington Toxics Coalition: Home Repair and Building Materials, Five Steps to a Healthy Nursery, Choosing a Healthy Child Care Facility	Ecohaus: Seattle-based retailer offering less-toxic building materials BuildingGreen.com: offers a directory of environmentally preferable building products (not all content available for free)
Children's Products	Oregon Environmental Council: Tiny Footprints Pollution in People: Less-Toxic Children and Baby Products Washington Toxics Coalition: Growing Up Green, Safe Start for Kids	HealthyStuff.org: Children's Products
Cleaning Products	Health Care Without Harm: Fragrance Chemicals Washington Toxics Coalition: Cleaning Products Women's Voices for the Earth: Safe Cleaning Products Initiative	INFORM, Inc.: Cleaning for Health report (contains list of recommended institutional products) NIH Household Products Database: provides safety information on a range of household products

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|| Product Category \\ || Guidelines on Choosing Products \\ || Searchable Databases of Specific Products \\ ||
| Automotive Products | * King County Local Hazardous Waste Management Program (LHWMP): [Automotive and Marine/Boat Products|http://www.govlink.org/hazwaste/house/disposal/AnyProduct.cfm?catID=974] (antifreeze, batteries, etc.) | * [Healthycar.org|http://www.healthystuff.org/departments/cars/index.php] (cars and children's car seats)
* [NIH Household Products Database: Auto Products|http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/household/prodtree?prodcat=Auto+products] (provides safety information on some products) |
| Art and Office Supplies | * [Chlorine-Free Products Association|http://www.chlorinefreeproducts.org/] (Note: chlorine-bleached paper products do not pose hazards during use but the bleaching process releases dioxins)
* Environmental Defence (Canada): [Healthy Artist Guide to a Less Toxic Studio|http://www.toxicnation.ca/go-toxic-free/alternatives/artists]
* Princeton University: [Art Safety Training Guide|http://web.princeton.edu/sites/ehs/artsafety/index.htm] (for visual arts)
* Sustainable Hospitals: [PVC-free Office Supplies|http://www.sustainablehospitals.org/cgi-bin/DB_Report.cgi?px=M&rpt=Cat&id=10]
* Washington Toxics Coalition: [Art and Hobby Materials (general)|http://www.watoxics.org/healthy-homes-gardens-1/art-and-hobby], [Art and Craft Supplies (children)|http://www.watoxics.org/healthy-families/safe-start-for-kids-1/choosing-safer-products-art-and-craft-supplies], [Toxic-Free Back-to-School|http://www.watoxics.org/healthy-families/growing-up-green-1/toxic-free-back-to-school/] | * City of Tucson: [Database of Art Mediums|http://www.tucsonaz.gov/arthazards/]
* State of California's [list of art products not allowed in grades K-6|http://www.oehha.ca.gov/education/pdf_zip/Aug05arthazlist.pdf] (PDF) |
| Building Materials | * Green Seal: ["Choose Green" reports|http://www.greenseal.org/resources/reports.cfm] (carpeting, wood finishes and stains, manufactured wood, floor care products)
* [Healthy Building Network|http://www.healthybuilding.net] (focuses on formaldehyde, wood preservatives, vinyl/PVC)
* Pollution in People: [Home Repair Materials|http://pollutioninpeople.org/safer/products/buildingmaterials]
* Washington Toxics Coalition: [Home Repair and Building Materials|http://www.watoxics.org/healthy-homes-gardens-1/building-materials], [Five Steps to a Healthy Nursery|http://www.watoxics.org/healthy-families/safe-start-for-kids-1/five-steps-to-a-healthy-nursery-or-childs-room], [Choosing a Healthy Child Care Facility|http://www.watoxics.org/healthy-families/safe-start-for-kids-1/choosing-a-healthy-childcare-facility] | * [Ecohaus|http://www.ecohaus.com]: Seattle-based retailer offering less-toxic building materials
* [BuildingGreen.com|http://www.buildinggreen.com]: offers a directory of environmentally preferable building products (not all content available for free) |
| Children's Products | * Oregon Environmental Council: [Tiny Footprints|http://www.oeconline.org/our-work/kidshealth/tinyfootprints]
* Pollution in People: [Less-Toxic Children and Baby Products|http://pollutioninpeople.org/safer/products/kids-products]
* Washington Toxics Coalition: [Growing Up Green|http://www.watoxics.org/healthy-families/growing-up-green-1/growing-up-green], [Safe Start for Kids|http://www.watoxics.org/healthy-families/safe-start-for-kids-1/safe-start-for-kids] | * HealthyStuff.org: [Children's Products|http://www.healthystuff.org/departments/childrens-products/] |
| Cleaning Products \\ | * Health Care Without Harm: [Fragrance Chemicals|http://www.noharm.org/us_canada/issues/toxins/cleaners_pesticides/fragrances.php]
* Washington Toxics Coalition: [Cleaning Products|http://www.watoxics.org/healthy-homes-gardens-1/cleaning-products]
* Women's Voices for the Earth: [Safe Cleaning Products Initiative|http://www.womenandenvironment.org/campaignsandprograms/SafeCleaning/]\\ | * INFORM, Inc.: [Cleaning for Health|http://www.informinc.org/cleanforhealth.php] report (contains list of recommended institutional products)
* [NIH Household Products Database|http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/index.htm]: provides safety information on a range of household products |
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