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Benefect
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Environmental Impact
On the environmental
front Benefect® really established itself as a leading, sustainable
technology. Of course, being the first disinfectant that is botanical in
composition is going to be environmentally-friendly. Originally, Health
Canada regulations were not set up to allow for botanical disinfectants
because none existed and disinfectants were by definition poisonous. So
again, Benefect has blazed the trail.
Health Canada is responsible for evaluating and monitoring the safety,
effectiveness and quality of pharmaceutical drugs and other therapeutic
products available to Canadians. Therefore, all disinfectants must be
thoroughly reviewed by Health Canada as a normal component of registration
which includes reviewing the impact the product may have on the:
Environment
Wildlife and Aquatic Organisms
Plant & Non-Target Insects
Benefect has also been certified by the
Environmental Choice Ecologo
Program which is
North America's leading benchmark of environmentally responsible products
and services. Their mission is to encourage the supply of products and
services that are more environmentally responsible and to help organizations
and consumers buy green.
Click here
to see the Certification Criteria (paricularly pg. 10, sections 2-7)
that Benefect was verified against by independent auditors which
states the product:
1. must not be labeled harmful, corrosive or an irritant
2. must have less than 1% VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds)
3. must have a pH between 3 and 11
4. must not contain aromatic solvents, halogenated solvents, ethylene glycol
ethers or their acetates, alkylphenol ethoxylates, silver & other heavy
metals, carcinogens, halogens or halogen salts, quaternary ammonium
compounds, glutaraldehyde, or phenolics & much more...
Please see our Awards
& Press Releases
section for more
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