California Requires Disclosure of Cleaning Product Chemicals

California edged out New York in becoming the first state to require manufacturers to disclose potentially harmful chemicals in air fresheners, detergents, and other cleaning products.

Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown signed the Cleaning Product Right to Know Act of 2017 (S.B. 258) Oct. 15, giving Procter & Gamble, Unilever, SC Johnson, The Clorox Company, and other companies until Jan. 1, 2020, to post the chemical ingredients in their consumer products online. The ingredients must be listed on product labels a year later.

New York is poised to release guidance to compel online disclosure of chemicals in cleaning products beginning ...