Brian, 

When you read aboat solvents, cleaners, detergents and other chemicals,
you easily become depressed. Everything seems to be more or less harmful
to our environment. Best would be, if we could just use water and add
little soap. In the northern countries, there is a mutual agreement for
avoiding bad chemicals in the daily used products. It's called 'SWAN'
marking. When you see that label on a schampoo or a can of paint, a
preserve, clothings, anything and all, you are assured that the harmful
ingredients are at a minimum level or are not actual at all in that
product. It's not easy to get the 'SWAN' marking, because you have to be
qualified against a  huge list of requirements. Like  the  camel's
passing a needles's eye. I know you can't give an answer on the
following question, but still I'm curious about your comment. How many
similar marking systems do we have on this planet? Furthermore, is there
a international equivalence?

Inge

http://www.svanen.nu/DocEng/065e.pdf

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