Comments on: Earth Day and Household Cleaners http://www.momsjournal.org/20080423/earth-day-and-household-cleaners/ My baby leaks from both ends…what's the hospital's policy on returns? Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:15:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Erica http://www.momsjournal.org/20080423/earth-day-and-household-cleaners/#comment-19617 Erica Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:48:29 +0000 http://www.momsjournal.org/?p=446#comment-19617 It's not that I didn't find *anything* useful. I was looking for further information behind the "news" article in the local paper. My point was that the "news" was really a teaser. Like I said above, the article merely gave yet another thing for environmentally conscience people to worry about with no solutions to the problem. And the links they gave didn't answer the questions that the article raised. I saw the criteria on the EcoLogo site. For me it would be more helpful if there was a list of chemicals to avoid and reasons behind them being on the list. Until then I'll just use the <a href="http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/" rel="nofollow">Household Products Database</a> to determine good and bad. It’s not that I didn’t find *anything* useful. I was looking for further information behind the “news” article in the local paper. My point was that the “news” was really a teaser. Like I said above, the article merely gave yet another thing for environmentally conscience people to worry about with no solutions to the problem. And the links they gave didn’t answer the questions that the article raised.

I saw the criteria on the EcoLogo site. For me it would be more helpful if there was a list of chemicals to avoid and reasons behind them being on the list. Until then I’ll just use the Household Products Database to determine good and bad.

]]> By: Mari http://www.momsjournal.org/20080423/earth-day-and-household-cleaners/#comment-19605 Mari Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:40:20 +0000 http://www.momsjournal.org/?p=446#comment-19605 I completely agree that the process of trying to figure out which green things to buy is still entirely too difficult. That's why accredited ecolabels like EcoLogo, which look at every aspect of product manufacturing, are so important. Sorry you had so much trouble finding useful info on the EcoLogo site and blog. (I write the blog.) Check out "Imus Greening the Cleaning" cleaner. http://blog.terrachoice.com/2008/01/01/happy-green-new-year/. You can buy it here: http://www.lnt.com/sm-greening-the-cleaning-citrus-sage-all-purpose-cleaner--pi-2252393.html I can't answer which cleaner is the greenest of the greenest, but anything EcoLogo-certified meets very strict criteria. Last, but not least, the TerraChoice Six Sins of Greenwashing report is available on the TerraChoice website, but it purposefully doesn't list which products were reviewed in the November study. The idea was not to call products out in this case, but to point out how prevalent greenwashing has become. I completely agree that the process of trying to figure out which green things to buy is still entirely too difficult. That’s why accredited ecolabels like EcoLogo, which look at every aspect of product manufacturing, are so important.

Sorry you had so much trouble finding useful info on the EcoLogo site and blog. (I write the blog.) Check out “Imus Greening the Cleaning” cleaner. http://blog.terrachoice.com/2008/01/01/happy-green-new-year/.
You can buy it here:
http://www.lnt.com/sm-greening-the-cleaning-citrus-sage-all-purpose-cleaner–pi-2252393.html

I can’t answer which cleaner is the greenest of the greenest, but anything EcoLogo-certified meets very strict criteria.

Last, but not least, the TerraChoice Six Sins of Greenwashing report is available on the TerraChoice website, but it purposefully doesn’t list which products were reviewed in the November study. The idea was not to call products out in this case, but to point out how prevalent greenwashing has become.

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