Comments on: Harmful Chemicals in Baby wash and dish soap

By: Monique

Monique — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 03:50:34 +0000

I am in the organic food business. My husband and I had a baby 8 months ago and now we are passionately buying and trying out different organic eco-friendly baby products. We love burts bees, and have used them on our son. Recently I was asked to try the bentley organic baby line (website: http://www.bentleyorganic.com). I was really impressed.
Bentley Organic products are not tested by animals, do not contain petro-chemicals, GMOs, parabens, and are free from SLS or SLES. they are certified organic by the UK soil association which has extremely stringent organic standards. I believe that products that are made as close to what God intended them to be are best for my son. I have gone to a huge effort to eat organic – how counter-productive would it be if I was to plaster lotions on my skin and my son’s skin that are full or chemicals and ingredients sprayed with pesticides.

By: nkd5

nkd5 — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:34:25 +0000

Hi Chrystie,
Thanks for your comment, it is nice to put a persons with a company. I did read the 7th Gen blog (and added a link to it) which shed some light on the issue.

Trying to keep harmful chemicals out of the home can be an all consuming job (they seem to be in almost everything) so to find out that companies leave ingredients off the label (that are harmful) is particularly disheartening.

Green minded consumers put so much trust into ‘green’ companies. We have to, otherwise the only thing left to do is mix our own household products. Who has time for that?

Nicole @ Lechebaby

By: Chrystie

Chrystie — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:18:32 +0000

Hi Nicole,

As a mom of four and a Seventh Generation employee, I very much appreciate your concern for your kid and your immediate environment.

Please know that Seventh Generation is very concerned about ingredient disclosure and transparency, and we applaud the Organic Consumer Associationâ€™s (OCA) recent research efforts to educate consumers about the safety of personal care and home cleaning products. It is important for consumers to know that Seventh Generationâ€™s dish liquid, which does contain a minute amount of the ethoxylate 1,4-dioxane, is deemed safe according to the FDAâ€™s and our own strict guidelines.

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.

We share the OCAâ€™s concerns about the misuse of terms such as â€œorganicâ€ and â€œnaturalâ€ and the lack of disclosure requirements. We have championed this cause and have led the market for twenty years. We also believe that the decision to stop using conventional synthetic chemical cleaners is one of the most important ones youâ€™ll ever make for the health of your family and the safety of your home. While our products are not perfect today, we will continue to improve them and are confident that they are a much better and safer choice than traditional cleaning products.

For more information about Seventh Generation’s commitment to consumers, please visit our 7th Gen blog!.

Again, thank you for keeping your audience informed.

Chrystie Heimert, Seventh Generation