Filed under: Wal-Mart Stores , Procter & Gamble The dirty little secrets of Glade, Pledge and Windex are all coming clean courtesy of venerable consumer products company SC Johnson. The Racine, Wis. outfit said last week it had launched a new website that lists the ingredients of more than 200 of its products. The WhatsInsideSCJohnson site represents the most significant disclosure to date of the ingredients found in household cleaning products. Lack of disclosure has been a key complaint of green activists who have often alleged that many household cleaners contain toxic ingredients. Equally important, these environmental do-gooders have charged that some supposedly green products contain ingredients that are either unsafe or suspected of having strong health effects on people. As SC Johnson is the first major consumer products company to take this step, its move puts huge pressure on Clorox ( CLX ), Colgate-Palmolive ( CL ) and Procter-Gamble ( PG ) to make similar information available online to consumers. Continue reading What’s really in Glade, Windex and Pledge? SC Johnson will finally tell you What’s really in Glade, Windex and Pledge? SC Johnson will finally tell you originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments

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Filed under: Energy , Google Among its many claims to fame, Silicon Valley is the birthplace of the Tesla, one of the world’s fastest all-electric cars. But could the innovation hub’s efforts to become a leader in clean technology be running out of juice? Some of the region’s leaders think so, saying that other countries are swiftly developing the financing mechanisms and local markets that will give them an edge in the field, according to a recent Reuters report . Blame, perhaps, America’s love affair with the internal combustion engine. Or the country’s undying commitment to keeping existing jobs intact. We’re falling behind in the clean technology race. China, for instance, long known for its unfriendly attitude toward the environment, has actually emerged as a force in this sector, Reuters says. Continue reading Tech honchos fret Silicon Valley will miss the Green Revolution Tech honchos fret Silicon Valley will miss the Green Revolution originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments

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