1,4 Dioxane Contamination of Laundry Detergents

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Many popular brands of laundry detergent have been found to be

contaminated with a chemical called 1,4 dioxane.

Find out which laundry detergents contain this potentially dangerous

chemical by reading today's article:

http://www.naturalnews.com/028846_laundry_detergents_dioxane.html

See list below:

For the study, Steinman evaluated 20 different laundry detergents from

both conventional and " natural " brands. Evoxa, an independent, third-party

laboratory that is highly respected for its rigorous methods and high

standards, conducted all product testing. The results are as follows:

Conventional brands:

1. Tide (P & G) 55 parts per million (ppm)

2. Ivory Snow Gentle (P & G) 31 ppm

3. Tide Free (P & G) 29 ppm

4. Purex (Dial Corp.) 25 ppm

5. Gain 2X Ultra (P & G) 21 ppm

6. Cheer BrightClean Detergent (P & G) 20 ppm

7. Era 2X Ultra (P & G) 14 ppm

8. Arm & Hammer (Church & Dwight Co.) 5.0 ppm

9. Wisk 2X Ultra (Sun Products Corp.) 3.9 ppm

10. Woolite Complete Detergent (Reckitt Benckiser) 1.3 ppm

11. All laundry detergent (Unilever) 0.6 ppm

12. Dreft powdered detergent (P & G) Non-Detectable (ND)

13. Sun Burst (Sun Products Corp.) ND

" Natural " brands:

1. Planet Ultra Liquid laundry detergent 6.1 ppm

2. Mrs. Meyers laundry detergent 1.5 ppm

3. Clorox Green Works Natural laundry detergent Non-Detectable (ND)

4. Ecos laundry detergent (Earth Friendly Products) ND

5. Life Tree Laundry Liquid ND

6. Method Squeaky Green laundry detergent ND

7. Seventh Generation Free & Clear laundry detergent ND