Webinar: Exploring Greener Cleaners and Disinfectants
Selecting effective cleaning and disinfecting products is important for keeping the environment of your business or institution healthy. In a similar manner, selecting cleaning and disinfecting products that are safe from a human health and environmental impact perspective is just as important. This is because many of these products may be effective at cleaning or disinfecting surfaces but do so using chemicals that may jeopardize the health of your workforce and of their surrounding environment.
Join CEH as we partner with the Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI) to learn how to avoid unnecessarily harmful chemicals in cleaners and disinfectants, while identifying and selecting products that are safer for human health and the environment.
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
11:00am PT/ 2:00pm ET
Watch Exploring Greener Cleaners and Disinfectants. Get the slides here (pdf).
Presenter Bios
Jose Aguayo is the Senior Manager, Green & Clean Procurement, at the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) where he engages large institutions in purchasing healthier products for use in the built environment through research, advocacy, and education. He holds a bachelor’s degree in biology and a master’s degree in global health, both from George Mason university. Jose has previously worked at the Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ) where he provided technical assistance to environmental justice groups as a contractor for USEPA, providing research and data analysis work to the Safety and Sustainability Division, and as a research analyst to the Environmental Working Group researching toxic ingredients in food and personal care products.
Alicia McCarthy is the Senior Safer Chemistry Scientist at the Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI), a state organization based at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. With nearly a decade of experience in the field, she leads TURI’s laboratory research and technical assistance focused on identifying, evaluating, and implementing safer chemical and equipment alternatives for applications such as cleaning, sanitizing, and disinfection for household, janitorial, and industrial applications. Alicia holds two Master of Science (MS) degrees, one in Molecular and Cellular Biotechnology and the other in Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, as well as a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Environmental Health with a focus in Chemistry and Microbiology. Bringing a multidisciplinary lens to her work, she collaborates with communities, businesses, and manufacturers to advance practical and sustainable solutions that reduce human health and environmental hazards, supporting Massachusetts’ leadership in toxics use reduction and its broader national and international impact.
