Dioxane is a well-recognized carcinogenic contaminant in alcohol ethoxylates, a group of four ingrediens -- laureths, oleths, polyethylene glycol and polysorbates. ❋ Samuel S. Epstein (2011)
Many conventional detergents, liquid soaps and shampoos contain chemicals, such as alkylphenol ethoxylates (APEs) and nonylphenols (NPEs), that harm reproductive development in marine life -- and may impact human hormones, too. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Estuarine and coastal zone marine pollution by the nonionic alkylphenol ethoxylates endocrine disrupters: Is there a potential ecotoxicological problem? ❋ Unknown (2009)
In addition, QUAKERCLEAN ® 624 CP does not contain any strong acids, strong alkalis, nonylphenol ethoxylates NPE, solvents, ozone-depleting compounds, silicates, phosphates or chelating agents.
Other key surfactants for detergents such as alcohol ethoxylates, alcohol sulfates and alcohol ether sulfates have also long been obtained from petroleum-based starting materials. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The chemicals include benzidine dyes, hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD, a category of flame retardants) and nonylphenol/nonylphenol ethoxylates (NP/NPEs). ❋ Unknown (2010)
Alkylphenol ethoxylates (some common ones are: nonyl - and octylphenol ethoxylates, or non - and octoxynols) ❋ Lisa Frack (2010)
According to Mabe, the company will soon commercialize a proprietary technology to convert plant-derived methyl esters into long-chain alcohol ethoxylates that can serve as detergent ingredients. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Alkylphenol ethoxylates (APEs) have been used for 50 years in industrial manufacturing and nonylphenol is the major breakdown product of APEs. ❋ Gayathri Chandrasekar Et Al. (2010)
Prices of alcohols, ethoxylates and detergent-grade olefins are being pushed up by supply tightness-driven higher prices for the ethylene feedstock. ❋ Unknown (2010)
That has tightened supplies of ethylene oxide, which is required to transform fatty alcohols into surfactants such as alcohol ethoxylates and alcohol ether sulfates. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEs), a common ingredient in laundry detergents and all-purpose cleaners, is banned in Europe, and known to be a potent endocrine disrupter. ❋ Unknown (2010)
In the built environment, the use of nonylphenol and nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEs) is contributing to rising indoor exposures to endocrine disruptors (chemicals that affect the hormone system). ❋ Unknown (2010)
Naturally sourced surfactants are also being hobbled in North America by a continuing shortage of facilities to manufacture ethylene oxide, a key chemical needed to convert plant-derived alcohols into such surfactants as alcohol ethoxylates and alcohol ether sulfates. ❋ Unknown (2010)