Bath & Body Shopper’s Guide Skin Hair Soap/ Deodorant Make up Baby Good to Know Hydroquinone in Dark permanent dye Triclosan or “anti-bacterial” Lead: a contaminant in Fragrance skin lighteners Resorcinol in hair Triclosan is an antibacterial lipstick. Not on label. Parabens A chemical linked to cancer Highest levels found in The European Union Retinyl Palmitate color/ bleach Ingredients with “-eth-” in and hormone disruption. Maybelline and L’Oreal. bans ingredients known V in anti-aging products, “Keratin-based” hair the name (ie: sodium or suspected to cause moisturizers smoothing treatments Found in soaps, cleansers, High lead levels in: NARS, laureth sulfate), often in O deodorant, antiperspirant. CoverGirl, StarGazer. cancer, damage DNA, or Fragrance PEGs bubble bath or shampoo interfere with normal I Fragrance Mercury (thimerosal) in Diazolidinyl urea Ingredients with Formaldehyde-releasers Parabens eye products reproduction, including D (often in baby wipes): Parabens “-eth-” in the name Petroleum distillates in hormone disruptors. Diazolidinyl urea TEA mascara Bronopol (2-Bromo-2- (ie: Ceteareth), DMDM hydantoin U.S. has no such ban. (triethanolamine) Talc in loose powders Nitropropane-1,3-Diol) Parabens Aluminum (in antiperspirant) Fragrance BHT (Butylated DMDM hydantoin FDA cannot require DMDM hydantoin Safer tip: use deodorant Parabens safety testing of hydroxtoluene) Imidazolidinyl urea instead of antiperspirant BHA (Butylated hydroxyanisole) cosmetic products prior Soap to marketing. Aubrey Organics Aubrey Organics Aubrey Organics Aubrey Organics B Alba Alba Avalon Organics CoastalClassicCreations.com Avalon Organics Claims such as Clean Well (antibacterial) Aveeno Baby Organic Harvest R Avalon Organics Avalon Organics Colorganics “natural,” “organic,” or Badger Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soap BabyGanics* A Burt’s Bees EcoGloMinerals.com “dermatologist-tested” Burt’s Bees Eco Store USA Badger are unregulated and N Dr. Bronner’s Magic Dr. Bronner’s Magic EO Products EveOrganics.net BeeAllNatural.com undocumented. D Soap Soap Giovanni Dr. Hauschka Boudreaux’s All Natural Burt’s Bees EO Products Eco Store USA Deodorant HoneybeeGardens.com S California Baby Good to Do EveOrganics.net EO Products Crystal Body Juice Beauty Crystal Essence Earth Mama, Angel Baby TO Green Beauty Giovanni Lavera.com Read ingredients HoneybeeGardens.com Earth’s Best Organic* Jason Naturals HoneybeeGardens.com (they must be listed). Soap & Deodorant Monave.com EcoStore USA Juice Beauty Juice Organics Fiddlebumps.com Look for USDA L Aubrey Organics NoMiss.com Juice Organics Johnson’s Natural Baby O MiEssence Alba Organic Seal (no MiEssence nvey/ eco Live Clean (at Walgreens) Origins Burt’s Bees synthetic chemicals). O PurplePrairie.com Organic Wear Seventh Generation* Jason Naturals Check K Shea Moisture Shea Moisture Origins Shea Moisture Terressentials.com Terressentials.com Miessence ewg.org/skindeep for RejuvaMinerals.com Weleda Tree Hut Shea Origins Yes to Baby Carrots product hazard ratings. Weleda UtterlyOrganic.com F Weleda PurplePrairie.com *Wipes Use fewer products. Yes to Carrots O WoodSpriteOrganic Sweet! Deodorant (in addition to above *brands) Choose those with R Body.com Terressentials.com Meijer “Sensitive” simpler ingredients. Weleda Walgreens “Premium” Local retailers: Bed, Bath, & Beyond, Better Health Store, CVS, Meijer, Natural Food Patch, Plum Market, Target, Vitamin Shoppe, Vitamin Village, Walgreens, Whole Foods, Zerbo’s Health Web sales: eveorganics.net, fiddlebumps.com, honeybeegardens.com, lavera.com, live-clean.com, utterlyorganic.com, woodspriteorganicbody.com, wotnot.com.au *Ecology Center does not endorse any brand, retailer, or manufacturer. These lists are not comprehensive. New products continually enter the marketplace and manufacturers reformulate. LocalMotionGreen at Ecology Center 313.881.2263 www.ecocenter.org/lmg [email protected] 9/13 .