Product Standards Development

Dr. Ann Blake has been part of creating standards and/or best management practices in multiple sectors, including:

  • Commercial Interior Textiles (NSF Sustainable Textile Standard)
  • Cosmetics and Personal Care Products (Safe Cosmetics Campaign Women’s Voices for the Earth’s research reports)
  • Institutional Cleaning Chemicals (purchasing guidelines for San Francisco, Seattle, Santa Monica, and the state of Hawaii, as well as toxic use audits for the Green Business program in San Francisco)
  • Household Cleaning Chemicals (Womens’ Voices for the Earth, WAGES)
  • Nail Salon products (San Francisco’s Healthy Nail Salon Program, the Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative’s Research Advisory Committee)