Detergent legislation

Concurrent to these legal actions, adequate methods for measuring biodegradability were developed, including various analytical procedures. The most important tests specified by the detergent legislation are the following ... 

Enacted (Phosphate) Detergent Legislation State Local. 2000. M.P. Kilcoyne, ed. SDA Status Report Enacted Legislation Summary 120. New York Soap and Detergent Association. 

COSMETIC AND DETERGENT LEGISLATION AND ALLERGEN LABELING 22.2.1 History AND Background... 

As of the mid-1990s all commercial phosphoms is manufactured at a few sites around the world. Significant production occurs in Idaho and Montana in the United States, in the Netherlands, in Kazakstan, and in China smaller production occurs in Prance, Russia, and India. A large amount of furnace capacity has been shut down worldwide because of cost pressure from electric power costs, phosphate derived from purified wet acid, and detergent phosphate bans legislated in the Western World. However, as of late 1995, additional production is stiU being brought on line in China. 

The result was the appearance of significant amounts of foam at water treatment plants and in rivers where there was sufficient agitation. This image of foam in rivers with some being blown in the wind has had a marked impact both on the responsibilities taken by the detergent industry as well as on subsequent legislation. 

Table 7.1 Regulatory biodegradability testing proced ing the Detergents Regulation ures used in surfactant legislation includ- ...

DDT was banned as an insecticide as early as 1974 by most industrial nations. But it is still widely used in many developing countries. The risks of eutrophication are perceived differently by governments, so that legislation applying to products for the production of detergents, like alkylbenzene sulfonate, tripolyphosphate, or nitriloacetic acid (NTA) differs from country to country. 

The most important use of sodium tripolyphosphate is as a builder in detergents. However, legislative restrictions on the use of phosphorus compounds in household detergents have... 

Bioproducts are regulated according to their application, for example, whether enzymes are used in food, feed, detergents, textile processing, and so on. Regulations also differ country by country. Irrespective of legislation, it is prudent for the product manufacturer to ensure that the production process, the potential product, and its intended use are safe prior to introduction. 

Carbonates. In most areas of the United States, phosphates have been legislatively banned from use in home laundry detergents. Sodium... 

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