News Release

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Meredith Williams, Director

Contact: Sanford (Sandy) Nax
(916) 416-4309
Sanford.Nax@dtsc.ca.gov

DTSC and Clearya Partner to Accelerate Chemical Screening in California Consumer Products

SACRAMENTO – The Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) and tech platform Clearya are working together to better identify toxic chemicals in personal care and other products used by millions of Californians every day.  

Identifying hazardous chemicals in consumer products can be challenging. Labels can mislead, ingredient information is often limited, and product testing is expensive and time-consuming.

Clearya is a free mobile app and browser plug-in that alerts online shoppers of ingredients in products that may have safety concerns, according to regulatory or scientific sources. The app also suggests alternative products with safer ingredients, allowing shoppers to make informed choices that reduce their exposure to toxic chemicals.

The new partnership supports the mission of DTSC’s Safer Consumer Product program: to advance the design, development, and use of products that are chemically safer for people and the environment.

“This collaboration with Clearya is a big boost for our Safer Consumer Products program,” said Karl Palmer, Safer Consumer Products Program Deputy Director. “We will be able to screen products for candidate chemicals and understand more about market presence in ways we’ve never been able to do before. This will save time, make us more efficient, speed up our process, and allow us to better protect Californians from harmful chemicals. We have found that since many manufacturers are not transparent about what chemicals are in their products, DTSC has had trouble getting ingredient information.”

Clearya’s app and browser plug-in automatically analyze product ingredient lists while users browse major online shops. Clearya then aggregates its ingredient data and mines it for additional information that could be helpful to environmental health organizations. Clearya currently covers personal care, baby care, cleaning and other products sold online at Amazon, Target, Sephora, Walmart and iHerb.

The collaboration complements other methods, such as data call-ins, modeling, and testing, that DTSC uses to investigate consumer products for regulation.

Rosner and his wife Chen founded Clearya following her recovery from breast cancer.

“We are excited to join forces with DTSC in leveraging the power of data-driven insights for regulating safer consumer products,” said co-founder Amit Rosner. “The partnership will amplify the value of the data we collect with the help of our users, and DTSC will utilize it for protecting Californians.”

Watch this one-minute video that demonstrates how Clearya works.

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