The California Department of Public Health’s Work-Related Asthma Prevention Program (WRAPP) has produced educational materials about using safer products and cleaning methods. They include guidance on how to select safer cleaning products and to avoid ‘greenwashed’ products falsely marketed as safe. Please share WRAPP materials with employers and workers in schools, offices, hospitals and other workplaces where cleaning products are used. Links to these materials are below:

• Cleaning Products and Work-Related Asthma (PDF)
• Cleaning for Healthier Schools – Infection Control Handbook (PDF)
• Green Cleaning in the Workplace
• School Action for Safety and Health Green Cleaning Webinar
• Cleaning for Asthma Safe Schools Project
• Purchasing Safer Cleaning Products – look for GS-37, GS-52, and GS-53 Green Seal certified products.
• EcoLogo – look for CCD-146 EcoLogo certified hardsurface cleaners
• Cleaning for Health Fact Sheets – Informed Green Solutions

The CDPH’s Occupational Health Branch, which runs WRAPP, is dedicated to improving worker health and safety through prevention activities. They gather information on job hazards, work with others to test new approaches to prevent worker injury and illness, and assist with making changes at the workplace. For more information, visit their website: http://www.cdph.ca.gov/ohb.