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Consumer confidence within REACH

This article is reprinted from the business magazine "Industry Europe", The June 06 edition of "Industry Europe" contained an article on the P&G position on REACH - the new EU Chemicals policy. The article demonstrates P&G's role in working with its partners in the European chemical industry and with the European Commission and Parliament to develop a balanced solution to the issues raised by the Commission's REACH proposals for the registration, evaluation and authorization of chemicals.

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Sustainability Report 2007

Download P&G´s sustainability reports. You can also access the P&G sustainability website at http://www.pg.com/company/our_commitment/sustainability.jhtml

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"Natural" or "synthetic" Surfactants - Are oleo chemical and petrochemical surfactants friends of the environment?

As with most scientific questions, there is no easy answer to this. In this article, we will provide facts and figures and try to provide answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about this controversial topic. We hope this information will help you make up your own mind; if you don't agree, please tell us.

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Cutting Environmental Effects by half: Compact detergents can do it! -
Part 1: The LCA Approach

To clearly demonstrate how the environmental profiles of laundry detergents have changed over the last 15 years, we compared three P&G detergents: traditional powder detergent, compact detergent and super compact detergent. These were Ariel Regular (1988), Ariel Ultra (1992) and Ariel Futur (1998).

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Cutting Environmental Effects by half: Compact detergents have done it! - Part 2: The Risk Assessment Approach

This Part II is the same study as presented above (see Part I LCA approach), but this time using the Risk Assessment approach looking at traditional powder detergent, compact detergent and super compact detergent. These were Ariel Regular (1988), Ariel Ultra (1992) and Ariel Futur (1998).

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Five Laundry Detergents are put to the Test - Which laundry detergent has the lowest potential impact?

We conducted a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) by comparing the environmental profiles of 5 types of laundry detergents from the Ariel brand marketed in 2001 in the United Kingdom (regular powder, compact powder, powder tablets, compact liquid, and liquid unit dose systems or sachets), throughout their entire life cycle ("cradle to grave").

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Research involving animals at Procter & Gamble

Over the past decade, there has been growing interest and questions concerning the use of animals for scientific purposes. Many animal protection organisations have called for the elimination of such uses or substantial changes in animal welfare practices. Their central argument is that the use of animals in scientific research is morally wrong.