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Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 10:00 PM
Subject: patent for spray 'n wash... what is surfactant that they
don't reveal?
What is the surfactant not named in Spray 'n Wash
that is 10% of the product by weight.
This product was once DowBrands
Then SC Johnson & Son
Then Reckitt
Doesn't this mean all ingredients have to be named
on MSDSs since 1997?
http://www.reckittprofessional.com/customer_services/msds/dist/374151_r.pdf
Hmm... says that 10% of the product by weight
is a surfactant... but it remains unnamed! Oh, well, as good as
"Spray 'n Wash cleans grease... it's most likely 2-butoxyethanol.... the
poison that was added to gasoline stuff (Inipol EAP 22 now renamed Corexit?)
to clean crude oil off rocks or thin it some.
Until now, pesticide manufacturers
have been able to keep certain ingredients in their products secret from the
public under the protection of "trade secret laws." However, a
historic ruling of the District of Columbia Federal District Court has found
that the Environmental Protection Agency must reveal the identity of secret
"inert" pesticide ingredients used in agriculture or in the home
and workplace.
Though manufacturers refer to these ingredients as "inert,"
they're anything but. "Despite their name, they're neither
biologically, chemically nor toxicologically inert," says the Northwest
Coalition for Alternative Pesticides (NCAP). In fact, these secret
ingredients may comprise as much as 99 percent
of a pesticide. The court ruled that no competitive harm
would result from the release of chemical ingredient identities.