Household Products

The household products I looked up were dish soap and disinfecting wipes. The statements from the National Library of Medicine's Household Products Database are below.

Method Dish Soap - "The product contains no substances which at their given concentration, are considered to be hazardous to health."

Clorox Disinfecting Wipes - "This product is not considered hazardous by the 2012 OSHA Hazard Communication Standard (29 CFR 1910.1200)"

Overall I found this database a little harder to use/understand than the EWG database for personal care products. I was a little surprised that the clorox wipes were not considered hazardous. My suspicion was that they were going to have a negative rating, but I was glad to find out that they were not as bad as I expected.

While I could be making my own cleaning products using vinegar and baking soda, based on the database ratings I think I am making pretty good choices for my cleaning products and do not need to change at this time.

As with personal care products, I think everybody should know about the risks of household products. I think many people think they are doing something good for their family when they use cleaning products in their home, but oftentimes the chemicals in the cleaning products they are exposing their family to are worse than the germs/dirt they were cleaning up. I think most people don't know about these risks because the companies producing these products don't want them to know. These companies are making millions of dollars off these products and don't want to change they way they are producing them.

Comments

  1. Terrianne GSeptember 3, 2018 at 3:26 PM

    Ayla,
    Thanks for looking up those products. I am a big fan of the method brands, however I found myself transitioning away from a lot of the scented formulas because I read a lot of those addictive chemicals were the culprits to being harmful. Unless they were natural scents such as lemon, chamomile, etc. I have actually made my own cleaning chemical spray that is dog friendly - I used it for a little bit but then I transitioned back to Clorox wipes too. I felt my formula wasn't getting all the mess out or cleaning it properly, leaving more bacteria behind. Thanks for your thoughts!

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