Preservatives in Cleaning Products

Just like it is important to prevent food from spoiling, cleaning products need to be preserved as well. Adding a small amount of a preservative protects the product from microorganisms. A preservative is a substance that is added to a cleaning product in order to make it stable and safe...

What’s in Hand Sanitizer?

Hand sanitizers are useful for killing germs, especially when soap and water are not readily available. Due to the current pandemic, there are many more brands of hand sanitizer for sale these days in an effort to meet demand. How do you choose one that will work for you and...

When It Makes Scents: Cleaning Product Fragrances

When using a cleaning product with a scent you adore, that pleasant smell adds to the rewarding feeling of a job well done. Depending on the fragrance, it can be an escape to a tropical destination or a reminder of spring in the middle of winter. Fragrance is often a...

Ingredients in Cleaning Products

Have you been cleaning and disinfecting more than usual over the last several months? As you’ve been pulling out those disinfecting wipes or sprays, have you had questions about what’s in them and how those ingredients work to protect you against COVID-19? It’s Get to Know Your Customers Day and...

Stop and Smell Your Foyers

Answer: They are the ingredients in cleaning products that make our homes smell fresh and pretty. Question: What are fragrances? While some products have no scent at all, others include a mix of flowers, fruit, trees or essential oils (among others). ACI’s kid-friendly narrated website – www.explorationclean.org – was created...

What’s that ingredient?

According to ACI’s most recent National Cleaning Survey, half of us have researched a cleaning product ingredient at one time or another. If you ever wanted to know more about ingredients beyond what’s on the label, there is an app for that (and website), called SmartLabel. SmartLabel, an initiative by...

Is it Safe to Make Your Own Cleaning Products?

Being clean is good for you. It helps keep us healthy and makes us feel good, too. At times, it can feel safe to mix your own cleaning products at home. What ACI will caution is that it is crucial to know that many of the cleaning product recipes found...