All-purpose cleaners
This page is a scaffolded entry for HMTc Taxonomy v2.0 Category 12 (Household Cleaning and Dishwashing), Row 1: All-purpose cleaners. Evidence ingest into this row is in progress; this page is the routing destination for source-page declarations of products: [all-purpose-cleaners]. Sections below are populated by the routing layer (CLAUDE.md Part 5b) as sources land. Where a section is empty, the row has not yet accumulated contributing sources of the required kind.
Literature scope
The Heavy Metal Index source corpus is currently focused on food and food-contact materials. This page documents an HMTc Taxonomy v2.0 row in the category Household Cleaning and Dishwashing for which no peer-reviewed primary or government sources have yet been ingested. The page exists as the routing destination for future ingest. Until sources land, the literature-evidence sections below are deliberately empty rather than guessed; HMTc certification thresholds for products in this row continue to be developed under the certification program at heavymetaltested.com, not on this public page.
Who this page is for
- Brand legal teams
- What the peer-reviewed and regulatory literature reports for heavy-metal occurrence in All-purpose cleaners, with applicable regulatory caps and source-traceable findings. Use this page to evaluate certification or class-action exposure on a literature-anchored basis.
- Brand regulatory affairs / QA
- The current evidence base for All-purpose cleaners, the levers most-effective at reducing heavy-metal load, and the applicable regulatory limits with jurisdiction and basis.
- Retailers and category buyers
- The row-level assortment risk profile and where the literature distinguishes higher-risk from lower-risk product configurations within this row.
- HMT&C staff (internal)
- HMT&C certification thresholds for products in this row are developed under the certification program at heavymetaltested.com, not on this public page. The Index and HMT&C operate on the same evidence base but apply different publication rules; see the methodology for the separation.
Methodology
This page reports what the cited sources say about heavy-metal concentrations in all-purpose cleaners. Speciation is non-substitutable per CLAUDE.md Part 14 (iAs vs tAs, MeHg vs tHg, Cr-VI vs total Cr). Basis is preserved (finished-product as sold unless the source specifies otherwise; see each row for the basis label). Non-detect handling follows each source’s reporting convention. Pooling is avoided across LOD/LOQ, period, geography, and analytical-basis differences. HMT&C certification thresholds for products in this row are developed under the certification program at heavymetaltested.com, not on this page; this public page reports literature evidence only.
The applicable regulatory jurisdictions for this row are: EPA (Safer Choice), Green Seal, state disclosure laws.
Literature Evidence Summary
Pending ingest. The routing layer will surface direct-row-fit sources here as they are added to the corpus with products: [all-purpose-cleaners] in source-page frontmatter.
Source Evidence Inventory
Pending ingest. The routing layer populates this section from the source-page set declaring products: [all-purpose-cleaners].
Broad Product Context: Author-Scope Index
Pending ingest. The routing layer surfaces sources whose author-stated scope is broader than this row (route_kind: broad_product_context) as they are added.
Federal/Regulatory Limits vs Field Findings
Pending ingest. The applicable regulatory jurisdictions for this row are recorded in the page frontmatter; the crosswalk table is generated by tools/apply-product-crosswalk-sections.mjs once regulation pages and field-evidence sources are routed to this row with structured limit values.
Levers to reduce contamination
Practical interventions to reduce heavy-metal load in this row, ordered by impact magnitude. Each lever names the magnitude of the effect with a cited source; cross-links to dedicated Mitigation pages where they exist.
- Sourcing levers — Pending ingest.
- Agronomic levers — Pending ingest. (See Agronomic mitigation for general agronomic mitigation context.)
- Processing levers — Pending ingest. (See Processing mitigation.)
- Formulation levers — Pending ingest. (See Formulation mitigation.)
- Testing and QC levers — Pending ingest. (See Testing and quality-control mitigation when published.)
- Packaging and storage levers — Pending ingest. (See Packaging and storage mitigation when published.)
How standards math uses this page
HMT&C certification thresholds for this row are developed under the certification program at heavymetaltested.com, not on this page. The row-standard for this row is an aggregate computed from the contributing source pool in the row’s native finished-product basis; it is not a per-source decoration of any single value cited on this page. This public page reports literature evidence only.
Historical recalls and enforcement
Pending ingest. Regulatory events (recalls, enforcement actions, import alerts) relevant to this row will be added as agency records are ingested into the corpus.
Sources
Pending ingest. The Source Legend below is auto-generated by tools/evidence/build-source-legend.mjs once source pages declaring products: [all-purpose-cleaners] are added.
Sources
Auto-generated from source-page frontmatter. The “Used on this page for” column is populated by the orchestrator’s POPULATE-SOURCE-LEGEND action; pending entries appear as *[awaiting synthesis]*.
| # | Citation | Year | Type | Used on this page for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alfonso Jose Lag-Brotons (Joint 2025. Revision of the EU Ecolabel criteria for Detergent and Cleaning Products — 2nd Ad-hoc Working Group Meeting (12-13 March 2025), Technical Report 2 (TR2) consultation deck, European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC), Directorate B (Fair and Sustainable Economy), Circular Economy and Sustainable Industry unit. Stakeholder consultation slide deck, 226 pages, presented at the 2nd Ad-hoc Working Group (AHWG) hybrid meeting (Brussels + WebEx), 12-13 March 2025, supporting the Technical Report 2 (TR2) and the 2nd draft EU Ecolabel (EUEL) criteria proposals for the six detergent and cleaning product groups (Laundry Detergents LD; Industrial and Institutional Laundry Detergents IILD; Dishwasher Detergents DD; Industrial and Institutional Dishwasher Detergents IIDD; Hand Dishwashing Detergents HDD; Hard Surface Cleaning Products HSC). Final EUEL criteria proposals scheduled for Q2 2026 (TBC); current Commission Decisions 2017/1214-1219 expire 31 June 2026. | 2025 | Regulatory consultation deck | EU Mercury occurrence in Not applicable: regulatory consultation slide deck for the EU Ecolabel revision process, not an experimental study. The document… |
| 2 | EC 2024. EU Ecolabel User Manual for Detergents and Cleaning Products (Version 1.5, February 2024) — guidance supporting Commission Decisions (EU) 2017/1214, 2017/1215, 2017/1216, 2017/1217, 2017/1218 and 2017/1219, European Commission EU Ecolabel programme, User Manual for the six 2017 detergents and cleaning products Commission Decisions, Version 1.5, February 2024 (77 pages plus four separately-issued Annexes — Annex I Application form, Annex II Declarations A and B, Annex III Checklist, Annex IV Derogation form; produced by the EU Ecolabel programme team to support applicants and member-state competent bodies through the assessment-and-verification procedure for the six 2017 product-group Commission Decisions: LD/2017/1218 laundry detergents; IILD/2017/1219 industrial and institutional laundry detergents; DD/2017/1216 dishwasher detergents; IIDD/2017/1215 industrial and institutional dishwasher detergents; HSC/2017/1217 hard surface cleaning products; HDD/2017/1214 hand dishwashing detergents) | 2024 | Regulatory user manual | EU Silver occurrence in Not applicable: procedural user manual for the EU Ecolabel programme, not an experimental study and not a Commission… |
| 3 | EPA 2024. EPA’s Safer Choice Program — Master Criteria for Safer Ingredients (Version 2.1, October 2024), U.S. EPA Safer Choice Program, Office of Pollution Prevention & Toxics (federal program criteria document; Version 2.1, October 2024; cover identifies the Safer Choice and Design for the Environment (DfE) certification programs) | 2024 | Government guidance | The EPA Safer Choice program’s Master Criteria document, Version 2.1 (October 2024), is the 31-page federal program criteria text that… |
| 4 | EPA 2024. EPA’s Safer Choice and Design for the Environment (DfE) Standard (August 2024), U.S. EPA Safer Choice Program, Office of Pollution Prevention & Toxics (federal program standard document; first issued June 2009 as the DfE Standard for Safer Products; revised April 2011, September 2012, February 2015 as EPA’s Safer Choice Standard; current August 2024 revision) | 2024 | Government guidance | US Cd, Pb, Hg, Cr-VI occurrence in Not applicable: federal program standard document. The 36-page Standard body (plus four annexes A-D giving sample partnership-agreement templates)… |
| 5 | Green Seal 2024. GS-37: Green Seal Standard for Cleaning Products for Industrial and Institutional Use — Edition 7.8 (New Format), June 23, 2022 (corrections/clarifications last made August 23, 2024), Green Seal, Inc. — voluntary environmental certification standard for industrial and institutional general-purpose, restroom, glass, and carpet cleaners. Edition 7.8 (New Format) was issued June 23, 2022, replacing Edition 7.7 (November 11, 2021); the version retrieved (filename Green_Seal_GS-37_Industrial_Institutional_Cleaners_2024.pdf, ©2024 Green Seal, Inc.) carries corrections/clarifications last made on August 23, 2024 per the Foreword. 27 pages including five normative annexes (A Definitions, B Closed Dilution-Control System, C Powders/Solids/Non-Aqueous Liquids, D Enzymes, E Microorganisms) and an informative Appendix 1 enumerating in-scope and out-of-scope product categories. | 2024 | Regulatory standard | US Lead, Mercury, Cadmium, Chromium, Hexavalent, Arsenic, Nickel, Cobalt, Manganese occurrence in Not applicable: this is the binding text of a third-party voluntary environmental certification standard (Green Seal GS-37 Edition… |
| 6 | RAL gGmbH (German EU 2024. The EU Ecolabel for household detergents — The EU Ecolabel is the official European Union label for environmental excellence, EU Ecolabel consumer factsheet, September 2024 (two-page factsheet jointly branded with the European Commission, the German Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMUV), the German Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt), and RAL gGmbH as the German competent body for the EU Ecolabel; euecolabel) | 2024 | Regulatory factsheet | A two-page consumer-facing factsheet dated September 2024, issued by RAL gGmbH (the German national competent body for the EU Ecolabel)… |
| 7 | Green Seal 2022. GS-8: Green Seal Standard for Cleaning Products for Household Use, Edition 5.7, June 23, 2022, Green Seal, Inc. — voluntary environmental certification standard for general-purpose, bathroom, glass, and carpet cleaning products marketed specifically for household use. Edition 5.7 was issued June 23, 2022, replacing Edition 5.6 from November 11, 2021; per the Foreword (p. 4) corrections/clarifications were last made to the standard on January 28, 2022. The version retrieved (filename Green_Seal_GS-8_Household_Cleaners_2022.pdf, ©2021 Green Seal, Inc.) is 22 pages including six main clauses (Scope; Product-Specific Performance Requirements; Product-Specific Health and Environmental Requirements; Packaging Requirements; Product Label Requirements; Trademark Use Requirements), four normative annexes (A Definitions, B Powders/Solids/Non-Aqueous Liquids, C Enzymes, D Microorganisms), and one informative appendix (Appendix 1 Scope). | 2022 | Regulatory standard | US Lead, Mercury, Cadmium, Chromium, Hexavalent occurrence in Not applicable: this is the binding text of a third-party voluntary environmental certification standard (Green Seal GS-8 Edition… |
| 8 | New York State Department 2020. Cleansing Product Information Disclosure Program — Recommended Best Management Practices, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NY DEC) — undated post-court-ruling Recommended Best Management Practices (BMP) document supporting the statutory household-cleansing-product disclosure requirement at 6 NYCRR Part 659.6 (authorised by Environmental Conservation Law (ECL) Article 35). The predecessor Program Policy on Household Cleansing Product Information Disclosure was declared null and void by the NYS Supreme Court (Household & Commercial Products Association v. Seggos, ruling issued August 2020); DEC maintains the present BMP document as recommended practice while moving forward to implement the underlying statute and regulation. Document text references EPA’s pre-MCL drinking-water values for 1,4-dioxane (350 ppt) and PFOA/PFOS (70 ppt combined), consistent with pre-July-2020 publication of the BMP framework prior to NY DOH’s August 2020 adoption of stricter state MCLs for those chemicals. | 2020 | Government guidance | US-NY Pb, Cd, tAs, tHg, Cr-VI, Ni occurrence in Not applicable: post-2020 court-ruling Recommended Best Management Practices (BMP) guidance document. The 22-page document (sections A. Form of… |
| 9 | Partners et al. 2017. SB 258 (Lara): The Cleaning Product Right to Know Act of 2017 — factsheet, Coalition advocacy factsheet (two-page NGO joint-statement document) in support of California SB 258 (Sen. Ricardo Lara), the Cleaning Product Right to Know Act of 2017. Headers carry the logos of Breast Cancer Prevention Partners (BCPP), Environmental Working Group (EWG), Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), and Women’s Voices for the Earth (WVE), in that order. Contact block on p. 2 names Nancy Buermeyer (BCPP), Bill Allayaud (EWG), Avi Kar (NRDC), and Jamie McConnell (WVE). | 2017 | NGO report | This is a two-page coalition advocacy factsheet circulated by Breast Cancer Prevention Partners (BCPP), the Environmental Working Group (EWG), the… |
| 10 | Foundation 2014. The dirt on toxic chemicals in household cleaning products, David Suzuki Foundation (consumer-education article, web copy archived as PDF) | 2014 | NGO report | CA As, Cd, Pb occurrence in Not applicable: consumer-education article; no original sampling, no analytical measurements. Compiled from cited secondary sources (ATSDR ToxFAQs sheets,… |
| 11 | Tjandraatmadja et al. 2010. Sources of contaminants in domestic wastewater: nutrients and additional elements from household products, CSIRO Water for a Healthy Country National Research Flagship Report (Smart Water Fund Round 3 — Project 5), February 2010 (ISSN 1835-095X) | 2010 | Industry | AU Sb, Cr, Co, Mo, Se occurrence in One hundred and fifty-six household and personal-care products purchased from major supermarkets in Melbourne, Australia between February and… (n=156) |
| 12 | Green Seal 2009. Version Comparison of Green Seal’s Environmental Standard for Industrial and Institutional Cleaners, GS-37 — Third Edition (February 27, 2006) vs. Fourth Edition (August 29, 2008), Green Seal, Inc. — version-comparison document (18 pages, dated August 29, 2009) for the GS-37 Environmental Standard for Industrial and Institutional Cleaners, presenting the Third Edition (February 27, 2006) and the Fourth Edition (August 29, 2008) of GS-37 side by side in tabular form, with revised criterion language highlighted in red. The document expressly states (p. 1) that ‘This is not the complete standard or criteria, but rather differences between the two versions. Please refer to the complete standard for exact criteria and the list of acronyms and abbreviations, available at www.greenseal.org.‘ | 2009 | Regulatory standard comparison | US Lead, Mercury, Cadmium, Chromium, Hexavalent, Chromium, Arsenic, Nickel, Cobalt occurrence in Not applicable: a programme-comparison document, not an experimental study and not the binding GS-37 standard text. The document… |
| 13 | European Chemical Industry Ecology 1992. Nickel, Cobalt and Chromium in Consumer Products: Allergic Contact Dermatitis, ECETOC Technical Report No. 45, Brussels, March 1992 (ISSN 0773-8072-45) | 1992 | Industry | EU/US/IL Ni, Co, Cr, Cr-VI occurrence in Literature-review compilation of nickel, cobalt and chromium concentrations measured in consumer products by 28 published studies (1956-1990) and… |
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