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Jul 11, 2014·I. INTRODUCTION. Since the late 1930s and early 1940s when the first synthetic surfactants were developed, surfactants have been increasingly used as the active ingredient in a wide variety of consumer products such as personal care products (e.g., shampoos, body wash) and in household cleaning products (e.g., dishwashing detergents, laundry detergents, hard-surface cleaners).