Household Cleaners to be Reformulated to Clean Up California Smog

Friday, November 19, 2010 - 11:30 in Physics & Chemistry

About 2,000 household cleaning products will be reformulated to reduce smog-forming compounds under a new regulation adopted Thursday in California.The rule will trigger a new, mandatatory wave of “green” products, including window cleaners, general purpose cleaning sprays, degreasers, oven cleaners, metal polishes, furniture sprays, heavy-duty hand soaps and spot removers. [More]

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