Notes: Scope: To encourage and promote discussions on current developments and problems associated with the use of standard and new chemical materials, including soaps and detergents, bleaches, water and fabric softeners, enzymes and any other auxiliaries available to the consumer for use in home laundering and coin-operated machines, which may affect color, performance and special functional finishes and the ecology. The information gathered by this committee will be directed to the attention of specific AATCC research committees for their use and orientation. Where appropriate, this committee will plan technical programs and will serve as a clearinghouse for the dissemination of information on this subject area. LP1, LP2 ,Monographs 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7