{"id":10478,"date":"2025-11-11T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T00:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greenseal.org\/?post_type=press-release&#038;p=10478"},"modified":"2025-11-11T00:05:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T00:05:03","slug":"midlab-and-spartan-achieve-first-green-seal-certifications-for-floor-care-products-formulated-without-pfas","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/greenseal.org\/press-release\/midlab-and-spartan-achieve-first-green-seal-certifications-for-floor-care-products-formulated-without-pfas\/","title":{"rendered":"Midlab\u00a0and Spartan Achieve First Green Seal Certifications for Floor Care Products Formulated Without PFAS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Washington, DC \u2013\u00a0November 11, 2025\u00a0\u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Global non-profit Green Seal\u00ae today announced the\u00a0first\u00a0floor\u00a0care products certified to be formulated without\u00a0any\u00a0intentionally added\u00a0per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Midlab\u2019s\u00a0Maxim Zinc-Free High Traffic Floor Finish<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Spartan Chemical\u2019s\u00a0FloorFront\u00a0floor\u00a0finish<\/strong>\u00a0are\u00a0leaders in\u00a0meeting\u00a0Green Seal\u2019s rigorous\u00a0PFAS\u00a0criteria, putting them at the forefront of the movement to\u00a0eliminate\u00a0so-called\u00a0\u201cforever chemicals\u201d from products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this year, Green Seal became one of the first ecolabels to enact an across-the-board prohibition on\u00a0any\u00a0PFAS in floor care products.\u00a0While\u00a0PFAS commonly\u00a0are\u00a0used in floor coatings for\u00a0their\u00a0superior leveling and wetting properties,\u00a0Midlab\u00a0and Spartan\u00a0developed innovative\u00a0product formulas that use\u00a0alternate\u00a0ingredients without sacrificing performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMidlab\u00a0and Spartan are\u00a0demonstrating\u00a0extraordinary leadership by formulating their products\u00a0without\u00a0\u2018forever chemicals\u2019\u00a0while maintaining high performance,\u201d\u00a0<strong>said Doug Gatlin, CEO of Green Seal<\/strong>. \u201cBy achieving certification to Green Seal\u2019s PFAS\u00a0criteria, these companies are proving that safer chemistry is possible today \u2014 and they\u2019re leading the industry toward a\u00a0healthier, more sustainable future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;At\u00a0Midlab, sustainability has never been a marketing tagline, it\u2019s part of our DNA,\u201d <strong>said Matt Schenk, president and CEO of\u00a0Midlab<\/strong>.\u00a0\u201cWe\u2019ve\u00a0always strived to lead the industry in real, measurable sustainable practices. Our journey toward no added PFAS formulations was a natural extension of that commitment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Leadership in Floor Care<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>PFAS\u00a0commonly\u00a0are\u00a0used in\u00a0floorcare\u00a0products for properties such as gloss, leveling, stain resistance, and wettability. However,\u00a0the carbon-fluorine bonds that make them so stable and effective\u00a0also make them resistant to degradation, meaning they persist in the environment as so-called \u201cforever chemicals.\u201d \u202fPFAS\u00a0are\u00a0now found in the blood of most people around the world and\u00a0are\u00a0linked to\u00a0numerous\u00a0adverse health effects, including cancer, reproductive harm, and decreased immune response.\u202f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Buyers\u00a0seeking\u00a0safer alternatives\u00a0now have two choices\u00a0for floor finishes\u00a0that are\u00a0certified\u00a0to\u00a0avoid\u00a0PFAS\u00a0without sacrificing durability or effectiveness:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Midlab\u2019s\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/certified.greenseal.org\/product\/maxim-zinc-free-high-traffic-floor-finish-midlab-inc-maxim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Maxim Zinc-Free High Traffic\u00a0floor\u00a0finish<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Spartan Chemical\u2019s\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/certified.greenseal.org\/product\/floorfront-floor-finish-spartan-chemical-floorfront\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>FloorFront\u00a0floor\u00a0finish<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Green Seal-certified products\u00a0already\u00a0meet some of the most rigorous benchmarks for material health and environmental performance\u00a0in the marketplace, qualifying\u00a0toward\u00a0credits in\u00a0both\u00a0the\u00a0LEED\u00a0and WELL\u00a0building standards.\u00a0Certified products also have long been trusted by purchasers and are specified in hundreds of\u00a0federal, state, corporate,\u00a0and institutional purchasing policies.\u00a0Now,\u00a0Midlab\u00a0and Spartan are the first to extend these benefits to floor care\u00a0products\u00a0that\u00a0also\u00a0are\u00a0certified to be formulated without PFAS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With\u00a0Green Seal\u00a0certification\u00a0and\u00a0products formulated without\u00a0intentionally added\u00a0PFAS,\u00a0Midlab\u00a0and Spartan are\u00a0leading the transition toward\u00a0safer chemistry\u00a0and\u00a0meeting\u00a0growing\u00a0customer demand for healthier, high-performing, and environmentally responsible solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All\u00a0previously\u00a0certified\u00a0floor\u00a0care products\u00a0must\u00a0comply\u00a0with\u00a0Green Seal\u2019s updated\u00a0PFAS\u00a0criteria by\u00a0March 11, 2027.\u00a0Find\u00a0certified\u00a0products\u00a0in Green Seal\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/certified.greenseal.org\/directory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">product directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-10478","press-release","type-press-release","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenseal.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/10478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenseal.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenseal.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-release"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenseal.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}