# Consumer Products Information Database. What is that really that you are using?

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**Created:** [January 27, 2022, 9:22pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/consumer-products-information-database-what-is-that-really-that-you-are-using/30210 "2022-01-27T21:22:02Z")\
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> **[CPID Landing](https://www.whatsinproducts.com/)**

# About cpid-Why this database?

**Background**  
Disclosing chemical ingredients in products provides essential information throughout the supply chain from raw material supplier to consumers. Infor­mation about the ingredients of products and their health effects allow con­sumers to make better informed choices.The development of this database was initiated in 1994 by DeLima Associates of McLean, Virginia, USA in response to a need for a database (identified by the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention), that related household product types, brand names, chemical constituents, health-related information (acute and chronic effects and target organs), and exposure minimization techniques. This database is currently supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Public Health Service, Department of Health & Human Services.

**Benefits to Consumers**  
This Consumer Product Information Database (cpid) that currently links over **23,000** consumer brands to health effects has been designed to educate consumers about chemical ingredients of household products and has the following benefits: …

> **[CPID Landing](https://www.whatsinproducts.com/)**

I use this database frequently, almost every day, though more often for automotive and industrial products than food related. The learning curve is a bit steep.

The very most common ingredient is water. A very common ingredient is refined diesel oil. Another very common ingredient is polydimethylsiloxane that makes up everything from kitchen spatulas to surgical and personal lubricants.

I use Pledge® for many things beyond furniture polish, cleaning and polishing our recumbent tricycles for instance. [CPID Landing](https://www.whatsinproducts.com/types/type_detail/1/16577/standard/p%20class=%22p1%22%3EPledge%20Revitalizing%20Oil%20with%20Natural%20Orange%20Oil,%20Pump%20Spray-02/25/2015/p%3E/19-001-595)

[Mineral oil, white](https://www.whatsinproducts.com/chemicals/view/1/489) 008042-47-5  
[Citrus extract](https://www.whatsinproducts.com/chemicals/view/1/2722) 094266-47-4  
[Dimethicone](https://www.whatsinproducts.com/chemicals/view/1/175) 063148-62-9 **RECOGNIZE THIS?**  
[d-Limonene](https://www.whatsinproducts.com/chemicals/view/1/206) 005989-27-5

DIMETHICONE is a synonym for polydimethylsiloxane.