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Aqueous Degreaser

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Aqueous Degreaser

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Health, Safety and Environmental concerns of Chemical exposure

The use of conventional organochlorine-based solvents presents an array of environmental health and safety issues along with associated handling and disposal costs. These substances have been shown to exert or are suspected of exerting adverse effects on human health or the environment, including tropospheric ozone formation and fire hazards for petroleum distillates and neurotoxicity and carcinogenicity for chlorinated solvents (Burgess, 1995; Callahan and Green, 1995).

Owing to the growing legal restrictions concerning the aforementioned solvents and the associated costs of their use and disposal, water-based cleaners, containing only a few per cent active substances once diluted in water, are becoming more and more desirable.

FIS Certified Aqueous products are manufactured from a naturally-derived base, which consists of unsaturated and low VOC cyclic hydrocarbons.

These products are biodegradable, non-greenhouse gas emitting, non-ozone depleting, have a low flash point, low odour, are non-toxic, non-carcinogenic, and are rated non-flammable under ECP guidelines for industrial and commercial cleaners.

The use of these products improves health and safety in the workplace while reducing liability insurance, waste disposal costs, environmental impacts, and long-term liabilities associated with conventional solvents. Table 1 compares the environmental health and safety impacts of Certified Aqueous products and conventional solvents.

Conventional Solvents
Certified Aqueous
Biodegradable	Yes	No
Non Toxic	Yes	No
High flash point	Yes	No
Non-Ozone depleting chemical	Yes	No
Low to no VOC’s	Yes	No
Non -regulated	Yes	No
Non-Hazardous waste	Yes	No
Low global warming	Yes	No
Short atmospheric lifetime	Yes	No
Regulatory sustainability	Yes	No
Cost effective	Yes	No

Our FIS Certified Aqueous Degreaser reduces the need for manifests, permits, and costly disposal contracts because it can be disposed of as non-hazardous waste subject to local laws regarding toxicity levels of the soiled product.