Detergents with NPE
Nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPE) are chemicals that help liquid substances such as oil and water mix. They are found in laundry detergents, shampoos, and cleaners. These chemicals can mimic the hormone estrogen to cause early mensturation, low sperm counts and poor reproductive health.
Listen what DOW had to say about it: "These NPE surfactants are used anywhere there is a need for increased surface activity, and provide excellent all-purpose detergency and wetting, as well as solubilization and emulsification." http://http//www.dow.com/surfactants/products/nonylph.htm
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Great brochure I found!
http://www.unitedlabsinc.com/usa/content/pdf/npe_free/npe_free_brochure307.pdf
Christy,
ReplyDeleteI try to stay in tune with the latest news on NPE and came across your blog. I happen to work for United Laboratories and see you've posted our NPE-Free brochure as a link. I hope you found it educational...and while it shows in the brochure that we are 97% NPE Free I'm proud to say that we are now, 100% NPE Free.
United has been providing green chemistry for decades and as the effects of NPE became apparent, it was our company objective to reformulate any products that contained any form of Nonylphenols. While we don't sell to the consumer market our products touch the lives of many through schools, businesse, municipalities and the like.
Your are correct that the product packaging has not been required to show that it contains NPEs. You can however, get this information by requesting a copy of the Material Safety Data Sheet from the manufacturer. It will be reflected on this document in a section highlighting ingredients of possible concern.
The catch as we try to educate our customers is that NP or NPE may be shown with different names. Each ingredient name is then followed by an identifying number the CAS number. If the MSDS shows one of the following numbers behind an ingredient name, you know it has a form of NP/NPE:
25154-52-3
104-40-5
84852-15-3
9016-45-9
26027-38-3
37205-87-1
68412-54-4
127087-87-0
104-35-8
20427-84-3
27177-05-5
28679-13-2
27986-36-3
7251-69-7
7311-27-5
27176-93-8
37340-60-6
51938-25-1
68412-53-3
The names may change but the affects are the same. I hope you will find this helpful.
Debbie Nehmer ~ United Laboratories
Debbie, Wonderful information! Yes I like the brochure and thought it was great information. I kindly appreciate your reply and think that it could help others like me try to find more out about it.
ReplyDeleteI still have a hard time with requesting a safty data sheet from the manufacture, with technology where it is, it shouldn't be that way.