Washington Office

ToxServices
Corporate Headquarters
1367 Connecticut Avenue NW,
Suite 300
Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: 202-429-8787
Fax: 202-429-8788

EPA's Design for the Environment (DfE)
and CleanGredients Reviews.

ToxServices has partnered with the US Environmental Protection Agency's Design for the Environment (DfE) as a third-party profiler to evaluate a wide range of cleaning and household products for DfE-recognition. We’ve also partnered with Green Blue to evaluate chemical ingredients for listing on CleanGredients.

Through these programs, ToxServices provides:

• Screening of products, fragrance formulas, and chemical classes for chemicals that may pose risks to human health or the environment

• Expert use of predictive software applications to predict physical and chemical properties, environmental fate (including biodegradation), toxicity to aquatic organisms, and human health risks

• Consultation with U.S. EPA and industry partners to identify safer substitutes for chemicals of concern

DfE-compliant products are allowed to feature the DfE label to communicate to consumers that the product has been evaluated for its effect on the environment and human health. The DfE logo on a product means that the DfE scientific review team has screened each ingredient for potential human health and environmental effects.

ToxServices is also partnered with CleanGredients as a third-party profiler to evaluate ingredient chemicals used in products that will be submitted for DfE-recognition. CleanGredients is partnered with EPA's DfE Safer Product Labeling Program and lists ingredient chemicals that are "pre-screened" against DfE criteria. CleanGredients helps suppliers and formulators to identify chemicals that will support DfE recognition. Please visit www.CleanGredients.org.

To submit a product for DfE review or to list your product on CleanGredients, please download the Formulation Information Request form. Upon receiving the form, ToxServices will contact you to discuss a timeframe and quote for your review.

If you would like to list a chemical ingredient on CleanGredients or learn more about our DfE Review services, please contact:

Contact Information

Ann Marie Gebhart, M.P.H., Ph.D. ToxServices LLC 1367 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 300 Washington, DC 20036 Email: amgebhart@toxservices.com Telephone: (202) 429-8794

Margaret H. Whittaker, Ph.D., M.P.H., E.R.T., D.A.B.T. ToxServices LLC 1367 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 300 Washington, DC 20036 Email: mwhittaker@toxservices.com Telephone: (202) 429-8787 DfE Application Form   CleanGredients Application Form

Performance Testing

The Toxics Use Reduction Institute’s Laboratory was designed with the capability to evaluate the effectiveness of different cleaning chemistries and equipment for a variety of substrates and contaminants. The goal of Surface Solutions Laboratory (SSL) is to assist industry in the search for safer cleaning processes by developing and promoting safer alternatives to hazardous solvents with a special focus on aqueous/semi-aqueous cleaners and state-of-the-art surface cleanliness analyses. From the testing performed at SSL, data has been accumulated on the performances of industrial cleaning products. In order to use this information effectively, the CleanerSolutions Database was created. This web-based interface to the CleanerSolutions Database is field-searchable by surface contaminants, surface substrates, cleaning equipment, solvents replaced and vendor product data. For more general information, please visit http://www.turi.org/turi_lab For more information on the testing database, please visit http://www.cleanersolutions.org/