Look for ingredients that you actually recognize, such as baking soda, quartz and limestone, and distilled white vinegar
Photo-Illustration: The Strategist; Photos: Retailers Lots of brands claim to be natural or green, but knowing the difference between products that are truly organic, nontoxic, and better for the environment and those that simply claim to be requires a level of knowledge that’s actually difficult to acquire.
Safety rating: Here’s where things get tricky. Even if its formula appears to be natural or plant derived, a cleaning product may still be harmful to either your health, the environment’s, or both. For example, some fragrances can cause skin irritation and allergies as well as polluting waterways. A popular “natural” surface cleaner, Mrs.
Bon Ami, known as an effective yet gentle “scratch-free” household scrub, was recommended by two experts — Saudia Davis of “Best of New York” GreenHouse Eco-Cleaning and Cindy DiPrima, co-founder and former chief creative of CAP Beauty — who use it as a scrubbing powder for everything from countertops and bathtubs to floor tiles and kitchen sinks. “I use Bon Ami, which has been around forever and has a very simple ingredient deck,” DiPrima says.
Davis makes a lot of her own household cleaners. But when she does buy something from a brand, it’s Ecover’s simple, fragrance-free dish soap. Jen Brady, chief green mama at Green Baby Deals, also suggests Ecover dish soap, noting that the EWG gives it an A rating and telling us that it’s gentle on hands but tough on dishes. “My kids are getting into the dishwashing stage, and I feel confident letting them use this dish soap,” she says.
For tidying toilet bowls, Preston recommends this pine-scented cleaner. Not only does it remove tough stains, odors, and any calcification from your toilet, but the product is also packaged in a recyclable bottle made of plant-based materials. The cruelty-free formula is mostly plant based: water, citric acid to remove limescale, pH-regulating sodium citrate, lauryl glucoside as a surfactant, fragrance, the thickener xanthan gum, and the petrochemical glyoxal. The EWG gives it a B rating.
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