The preponderance of these products are marketed for home use in the United States, although some are for commercial settings and some are for customers in European countries.
It is maintained by DeLima Associates and receives funding from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, part of the United States National Institutes of Health.
[2] The Consumer Product Information Database was initiated by DeLima Associates in 1994.
The HPD was hosted on the National Library of Medicine's web site and the content was licensed from DeLima Associates.
[4] The National Library of Medicine announced the Household Products Database would be retired in December 2019, and instead directed users to the CPID web site.