This January, instead of making the usual resolutions that we’ve given up on by the end of the month, we decided to break it up by dividing some big goals into manageable chunks. Each month, we invite you to overhaul one aspect of your life to reduce toxins, improve health, and increase your peace of mind. Our promise is that these changes will be easy to implement, helping you avoid resolution
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Safe, Natural Laundry Detergent Guide
UPDATED: FEBRUARY 2018 I remember fondly the days before I started using natural laundry detergents....While I was never was a big fan of cologne, I used to find a man who emitted the intoxicating scent of Tide to be irresistible. For the last ten years, Daylon’s clothes have smelled like Tandi’s Naturals laundry soap—which is to say they smell like essentially nothing, and I wouldn't
Tide Laundry Detergent is Toxic
This might be hard to believe, but there is an upside to the Tide Pod Challenge phenomenon that you've probably seen in the news lately. It has caused scientists, doctors, politicians, newscasters and even Tide itself to publicly announce what our readers have known for a long time, which is that these laundry products contain “highly concentrated, toxic detergent." That’s right, "TOXIC." Those
Honest Detergent Contains Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, After Calling it “Toxic”
You've probably heard by now that Honest Company detergent was recently found, by two independent lab tests, to contain sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS), a foaming agent that Jessica Alba has called "toxic." I have three quick things to say about this: 1) In our review, I listed Honest's detergent as "possibly sneaky" since we couldn't confirm what exactly they use as a surfactant--now we
Biokleen & Seventh Generation: Sneaky Stuff
I'm sure many of you have seen that the Environmental Working Group has at last launched their Guide to Healthy Cleaning; it's awesome! EWG's Skin Deep Database is a wonderful (if overwhelming) tool for determining the safety of cosmetics, and the Healthy Cleaning site makes finding safe household cleaning products less confusing, although it's still overwhelming. I was happy to see that
What’s Wrong With Dreft?
This blog entry is part of our “What’s Wrong With” series, each installment of which profiles a different product and gives you the bottom line on its safety. Think of these as cheat sheets for our more comprehensive Safety Reviews (which we publish less frequently). Any laundry detergent you use will leave a residue on clothing and linens, which is then inhaled and absorbed (via skin) by the