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For Immediate Release June 3, 2013

Contact: Francie Israeli (202) 737-0171

Council for LAB/LAS Environmental Research Publishes THE CLER REVIEW,Volume 13
Journal Provides Snapshot of Broad Scientific Research on Leading Worldwide Cleaning Agent

WASHINGTON, D.C.  (June 3, 2013)—The Council for LAB/LAS Environmental Research (CLER) has released Volume 13 of its technical journal, The CLER Review.

CLER is an organization of scientists and technical specialists dedicated to research on the environmental safety of linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS), a surfactant that is the leading cleaning agent in laundry detergent and cleaning products worldwide. The CLER Review serves as a compilation of that research.

“The studies in this issue provide a remarkable snapshot of the breadth of the environmental research on LAS,” said Dr. John Heinze, CLER’s technical director and editor of the journal.

In addition to a summary by Dr. Heinze, Volume 13 of The CLER Review includes six academic papers representing practically every aspect of environmental science on LAS, including test methods; biodegradation testing; environmental monitoring; risk assessment; and public policy.

CLER representatives will present The CLER Review at the Ninth World Surfactant Congress and Business Convention in Barcelona, Spain, this June. The conference is spearheaded by the European Committee on Organic Surfactants and their Intermediates (CESIO).

To receive a copy of Volume 13 of The CLER Review, please email cler@cler.com.

About CLER
The Council for LAB/LAS Environmental Research (CLER) is an organization of scientists and technical specialists representing manufacturers of linear alkylbenzene (LAB) and linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS). CLER’s mission is to conduct research and distribute scientific information on the environmental safety of LAS, the world’s number one cleaning ingredient, and LAB, the material from which it is produced. To learn more, visit www.cler.com.

For Immediate Release February 13, 2008

Contact: Rachna Sethi (202) 737-0171

UPDATE ON KEY RISK ASSESSMENT OF LAS PUBLISHED IN THE CLER REVIEW

(Washington, DC) – A review of the updated HERA Project 1 Health and Environmental Risk Assessment (HERA) of linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS) – the most widely used household detergent ingredient in the world – is published in the latest volume (vol. 11) of The CLER Review.

This volume of The CLER Review features a summary by Dr. John Henize, CLER’s technical director and editor of the journal, on the new data and analysis in the environmental section of the LAS HERA report, which he notes as strengthening the database of studies supporting the HERA conclusion that “the ecological risk of LAS is judged to be low.”

In addition to the summary, The CLER Review includes eight supporting studies referenced in the updated LAS HERA report. The studies update the safety assessments for LAS in terrestrial and aquatic environments, and provide new information on anaerobic biodegradation in marine sediments.  To support the safety assessments, the studies also provide important new data on LAS levels in European sewage sludge and other real world environmental monitoring studies as well as the low potential for LAS bioaccumulation in aquatic organisms.

The CLER Review is the technical journal of the Council for LAB/LAS Environmental Research (CLER), an organization of scientists and technical specialists representing manufacturers of linear alkylbenzene (LAB), the material used to produce LAS.

To receive a copy of volume 11 of The CLER Review , email cler@cler.com . For more information on LAS and CLER, please visit www.cler.com .

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1. The HERA Project was launched in 1999 as a partnership between the European makers of household cleaning products (AISE, the International Association for Soaps, Detergents and Maintenance Products is the official representative body of this industry in Europe) and the chemical industry (Cefic, the European Chemical Industry Council) to carry out comprehensive human and environmental risk assessments on ingredients of household cleaning products. The voluntary initiative aims to demonstrate, in an open and transparent way, that it is possible to effectively deliver risk assessments of chemicals used in household products using existing data and a common risk assessment framework.