Simple Green

Simple Green
OwnerSunshine Makers, Inc.
Introduced1979
MarketsAll-purpose cleaners
Websitewww.simplegreen.com

Simple Green is an American brand of cleaning products produced by Sunshine Makers, Inc.[1] Their best known product is Simple Green All-Purpose Cleaner, which totaled sales of at least US$5.7 million in 2004.[2]

It is advertised as an environmentally friendly, non-toxic, and biodegradable cleaner. It received critical attention from environmental safety activists[2][3] because of the toxicity concerns of 2-butoxyethanol (EGBE), which was in the formula at under 4%.[4] As of 2013 2-butoxyethanol has been removed from Simple Green all-purpose cleaner, and has an NFPA/HMIS rating of 0/minimal for Health, Fire, Reactivity, and Special.[5] Its main competitors are Lysol, Clorox, and Windex.

  1. ^ The Simple Green History.
  2. ^ a b Daley B. (2005). "Eco-Products in Demand, but Labels Can Be Murky". The Boston Globe.
  3. ^ Alexandra Gorman. "Potential Hazards of Home Cleaning Products" (PDF). Women's Voices for the Earth.
  4. ^ Material Safety Data Sheet.
  5. ^ "Simple Green All Purpose Cleaner SDS" (PDF). Retrieved 27 April 2016.