Tuesday, March 4, 2014



 Here is what I found under my sink. It is interesting that many products under the sink do not list the ingredients. Surprisingly, the seventh generation spray lists 95.95% as other ingredients. I had to look online to find what it is made of. This does come as somewhat of a surprise to me as I would have thought that chemical labeling would be nearly as transparent as food labeling. According to the environmental working group this spray received the score of D+, though none of the ingredients seem to be particularly harmful. Once again perhaps we must keep in mind that the word "natural" doesn't mean anything anymore.

Clorox- Active ingredients
Sodium Hypochlorice…6.0%
Other Ingredients…94.0%
(Yields 5.7% available chlorine)
Windex-Ingredients not listed
Vinegar –Distilled vinegar with water to 5% acidity
Stain x- Ingredients not listed
Bon ami- Ingredients not listed
Bartenders friend-Ingredients not listed
Wisconsin Hard woods-wood oil-no ingredients listed
Oxysteam carpet cleaner-ingredients not listed
Denatured alcohol
Borax-Sodium tetraborate (a natural mineral)
Seventh generation disinfecting spray- 
                Active ingredients:
                Thymol…0.05
                Other ingredients…99.95%
Aqua (water), thymol (component of thyme oil), sodium lauryl sulfate (palm kernel or coconut-derived cleaning agent), copper sulfate pentahydrate (bluestone) (mineral derived water mineralizer), citric acid and sodium citrate (cornstarch derived water softeners), essential oils and botanical extracts† (origanum vulgare (oregano) oil, cymbopogon nardus (citronella) oil, cymbopogon schoenanthus (lemongrass) oil
† Citral is a component of these essential oils.

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