“We are committed to eliminating all harmful chemicals from household cleaning products. Consistent with our core mission, we have worked with surfactant manufacturers for many years to reduce levels of 1,4-dixoane in ethoxylated surfactants and it is our intent to completely eliminate 1,4-dioxane from all of our products.”
Well, that’s good to know, but it doesn’t make me much feel better.
What does make me feel a little better is that I now know exactly what to look for in the grocery store aisle: The Organic Consumers Association says that products certified under the USDA National Organic Program do not contain the toxin. Rather, “most of the best-selling personal care products claiming to be ‘organic’ (but not USDA certified) contained the cancer-causing ingredient.”
It is impossible, in my opinion, to make sure that everything that touches my family is safe. But when a company touts itself as “natural” or “organic,” and then does not disclose that it is placing a known cancer-causing ingredient into its products (even in tiny doses), I feel as though I’ve been had.
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