Humboldtian

The organic/natural cosmetics/housecleaning products industry today is reeling a bit after a Los Angeles Times story revealed that nearly half of 100 products tested contain a suspected carcinogen. Forty-seven of the products tested by the Organic Consumers Association had detectable levels of 1,4-dioxane, which is known to cause cancer in lab animals and which the EPA suspects is a human carcinogen.

Some of the best-selling brands in the industry, including Kiss My Face, Alba, Seventh Generation and Nature's Gate, were among the offending products. And most if not all of these brands are sold at the Co-ops in Eureka and Arcata.

The compound is created during processing, it is not added. However, apparently the manufacturers of the products found to contain 1,4-dioxane use petrochemicals during processing, which is how the compund gets made.

Using petrochemicals to make a product then calling the product natural or organic is deceiving the consumer, in my opinion.