EPA Adds 18 Chemicals to SCIL

Total on List Now: 983 Chemicals
Date of Release: July 21, 2025

What’s the Update?

1. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the addition of 18 new chemicals to its Safer Chemical Ingredients List (SCIL) as part of the Safer Choice program
2. The SCIL highlights chemicals evaluated and deemed among the safest for specified functional uses.
3. With this update, the list has grown to a total of 983 safer-chemistry-approved ingredients

Initiative Impact

Supports Administrator Zeldin’s goals of transparency, innovation, and safer chemical advancements.

Encourages cleaner, healthier product innovation aligning with broader goals:

i. Promoting environmental justice
ii. Climate resilience
iii. Water quality improvements

Who Benefits and How?

Addition of chemicals helps manufacturers meet the Safer Choice criteria, enabling labeling and marketing as EPA-approved safer products

What Is the Safer Choice Program?

1. A voluntary EPA initiative evaluating products based on rigorous human health and environmental criteria.
2. Products certified under this program receive the Safer Choice label, indicating all intentionally added ingredients are from the SCIL or meet equivalent criteria
3. The program aims to make safer products accessible—even in underserved communities—through partnerships and certification processes

Reference: EPA Adds 18 Chemicals to Safer Chemical Ingredients List | US EPA