Toxic-free liquid dish detergent?

[Kirstin]

I recently found out from "non-toxickids.com" that the Seventh Generation liquid dish detergent I've been using, and thinking was completely toxic-free, actually is not. See link about it from their site:

http://www.non-toxickids.net/2008/03/seventh-generation-response-to...

Seventh Generation responds about this:

http://www.seventhgeneration.com/learn/blog/seventh-generations-res...

I was really disappointed to read this. Does anyone know of a truly toxic-free option?

Thank you in advance for any responses!

Kirstin

[mel]

as far as i know Method is truly toxic free.

[Sommer]

No but I think I'm going to have to post something about this. Gasp! Better than Dawn with Bleach though. Thanks for sharing.

[Sommer]

Oh, my choice is Shaklee. www.greenmom.info
Incase you were wondering! LOL!

[Kirstin]

Thank you Mel, Sommer and Kristinia for responding. I'm going to look into all of these and will let you what I find out. This really is a difficult situation because so many products list "fragrance", which is where the bad stuff can be. So you just never know unless you do some research on your own. I have to say, that I'm very disappointed with Seventh Generation because they listed the ingrediants and never mentioned what I wrote about in my original post. Am I suppost to feel better because they have the least of it?!!!!!!!

Thanks again and looking forward to sharing info with you again!
Kirstin

[Kristinia Clos]

The only other option I've read about is by Ecover, http://www.its-ecological.com/
http://www.ecover.com/gb/en/default_home.aspx has anyone used Ecover?

[Queen of the Click]

I had no idea about Seventh Generation and I am disappointed as well.

[Kirstin]

Well, I did some research on all of the dish detergents that were tested by the Organic Consumers Association for 1,4-Dioxane. Here's a list of how they scored for parts per million. I'll be honest, parts per million in a bottle of dish detergent is hard to wrap your head around but I think it's easier when you just compare numbers from a list of many. Here it is:

Method Dish Naturally Derived Ultra Concentrate - 27.5
Citrus Magic 100% Natural Dish Liquid - 97.1
Life Tree Citrus Fresh Dish Soap - 0.7
Seventh Generation Lemongrass & Clementine Zest Natural Dish Liquid - 1.5
Planet Ultra Dishwashing Liquid - 20.3
Ecover Dishwashing Liquid - 2.4
Whole Foods Market 365* Everyday Value Dish Liquid - 1.6

I've never come across Life Tree Citrus Fresh Dish Soap, which tested the lowest. Have any of you?

The other idea I had was this:

Dr. Bronner’s Magic All-One Organic Fair Trade Shikakai Soap - non detected
Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps 18-in-1 Hemp Almond Pure Castile Soap - non detected

I've seen Dr. Bronner's soap before but have never used it. I've heard good things about it, though. Have any of you used it? Could it be used with dishes?

If your interested, the testing was done on other products such as shampoo, lotion, etc. and it is posted in an easy to read, user friendly chart. Here's the link:

http://www.organicconsumers.org/bodycare/DioxaneResults08.cfm

Hope this is helpful for any of you who are interested.

Kirstin

[Becky]

I found this

http://safemama.com/2008/06/03/safe-mama-review-dapple/

What do we know about Dapple soap?

[Kirstin]

Thanks for the link Becky :-) I just sent off an email to Dapple asking if their product contains 1,4-Dioxane. I will let you all know what their response is.

[Kirstin]

Dana Rubinstein, Co-founder of Dapple, just replied to my email (wow, she's was fast!), and said "Dapple products do not contain dioxane".

So there you have it - looks like we may have a winner!

[Becky]

woo hoo! I guess i should get some before the baby is born!

[Kirstin]

OK, I may seem like I'm over doing it but I wrote back to Dana Rubinstein and asked her to confirm that Dioxane is not present in her soap, even as a "by-product". She said:

"Exactly. Our products are SLES free."

On www.natural-health-information-center.com website:

"SLS and SLES are esters of Sulphuric acid - SLS is also known as "Sulfuric acid monododecyl ester sodium salt", however there are over 150 different names by which it is known. In fact, SLES is commonly contaminated with dioxane, a known carcinogen."

I'll be buying Dapple today. Thank you everyone who responded to this post! Our contributions helped to find an answer.