The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) exists to protect the health of consumers and the environment, and the organization’s certification process provides consumers with vital information to help them make the best choice. The EPA’s Safer Choice program draws on the agency’s toxicological and chemical expertise to subject products to a stringent evaluation process.
The Safer Choice label indicates that companies have submitted their products for review and the product has met the rigorous standards of health and environmental criteria. For example, the review process determines if an ingredient can accumulate in the environment or human tissue, or whether an ingredient has been associated with cancer.