Some days I fall victim to the green noise syndrome; I’m so overloaded by the green options all around me I don’t know where to go. Bath and cleaning products are one place I always thought I had it right. If I buy the organic, I’m good to go. Or am I?
I just learned last week that in March, Seventh Generation, Method, and other companies that produced green cleaning products were under scrutiny by the Organic Consumers Association. When testing around a hundred “cosmetic, personal care and household cleaning formulas, [the Association] found that nearly 50% of them contained detectable levels of 1,4-dioxane, which is known to cause cancer in lab animals.” Method, Planet Ultra and Seventh Generation’s “natural” dish cleaning products were among those products that tested positive. All manufacturer’s who tested for 1,4 were asked to remove their “organic” and “natural” labels or they’d face a lawsuit. Just when I thought I was cleaning consciously, I have to go through another round of making change in my lifestyle.
My confusion about what to buy got even greater this week when I found out California was taking more “organic” companies to court. Avalon (Alba), Nutribiotic and Whole Foods are all facing penalties for producing products containing 1,4-dioxane, too. Present in most common bath/body/cleaning products, 1,4-dixoane is not only a carcinogen but has been shown to cause liver and kidney damage simply by “breathing, ingesting” or touching it.
If you’re wondering, like I was, who is a safe choice to buy these days, Burt’s Bees, Clorox Green Works and Dr. Bronner’s all tested 1,4 free. See the results of the 1,4 test here.
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Wow, Alex: you were on to this way before almost everybody! I am truly impressed, and would like to ask you to write an article for Santa Fe Sun News, of which I am the Managing Editor. You can send it to me…[email protected]
I have been sending this all over the United States:
California vs. Whole Foods’ Carcinogens in Soap
http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=52631&ret=AccountDtl.aspx
Entire shocking story is at the above URL. Please share it with your friends, colleagues, family, and cancer survivors. Thank you!
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California Suit Against Whole Foods for Carcinogen in Body Care Products, with Corporate Puff Response from CEO John Mackey and the Truth from Nutritionist Cheryl Rounds
“Organic” Megamerchant Waited Until After Suit Was Filed to Remove Offending Body Care Products! Time to Dump Your Shares?
I have asked the Federal Trade Commission to revisit their earlier correct ruling that the Whole Foods/Wild Oats merger is a monopoly and as such is a violation of the antitrust statutes.
Stephen Fox
Founder, New Millennium Fine Art
[email protected]
How can we know what product is safe to buy, if some “green” products contain those substances?
I noticed that you sited animal based research in your post. Animal based data is not applicable across the species barrier.
Learn more about why animal testing could be costing human lives at:
http://www.curedisease.net/index.shtml