美國有機個人保養品含致癌物

3月14日美國有機消費者協會Organic Consumers Association 舉行記者會發佈〔Results Of Testing For 1,4-Dioxane 〕

100項受測個人保養品中47項驗出致癌物dioxane,　其中不乏知名品牌.　洛杉磯時報大幅報導,　標題是:

”Popular 'green' products test positive for dioxane." :

　Said Martin Wolf, Seventh Generation Inc.'s director of product and environmental technology, "The natural world is filled with things that can harm. . . . All we can do is work as hard as we can to keep the levels as low as possible and keep our products as safe as possible."

Method, a San Francisco-based company whose products are sold at Target, intentionally does not call its products "natural," said co-founder Adam Lowry. Instead, the labels say "naturally derived" because the plant oils have been processed with ethylene oxide to make them better cleansers.Three of its products were tested, and two -- its ultra-concentrated dish soap and a hand soap -- contained 1,4-dioxane."For us there are no alternatives that are still effective," Lowry said. "Unless you can have a high-performance product, if you have a green product or a natural product, then what's the point of having one that doesn't work?"Method's creamy hand soap, which had 7 parts per million of 1,4-dioxane in the tests, has been reformulated and now contains none, Lowry said."We 100% believe that our products are completely safe and there's zero risk," he said.

Sevnth Generation是美國無毒清潔劑領導品牌, Method是後起新秀.

沒驗出致癌物的品牌中, Burt's, Avalon...在台灣有銷售,　為何沒趁此舉行記者會發佈有利消息？是缺乏行銷預算？　還是資訊的冷感？ Seventh Generation, Method, 國內似乎沒代理商. Burt's, Avalon有代理商,　不僅網路販售,　百貨公司都有專櫃.

小眾利基品牌的代理商只做銷售,　無暇顧及行銷？