Abstract
The household cleaning products contribute to the health and well-being of human life and mostly of these products are released into waste water. The aquatic safety of consumer products in the environment can be determined by a risk assessment that coupled both effects and exposure data. The toxicity of surfactants to aquatic organisms is related to chemical structure and environmental conditions. It was concerned that the aquatic effects of surfactants compared with monitored environmental concentration. Then, the surfactants in household laundry and cleaning products, posed no significant risks to the river ecosystems in Japan.
