Comments on: Weekend Product Review: Seventh Generation Natural Dish Liquid http://greenerone.wordpress.com/2008/05/18/weekend-product-review-seventh-generation-natural-dish-liquid/ Eco-ratings to help you make the Greener Choice Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:12:32 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Sattori http://greenerone.wordpress.com/2008/05/18/weekend-product-review-seventh-generation-natural-dish-liquid/#comment-178 Sattori Sun, 31 Aug 2008 02:20:46 +0000 http://greenerone.wordpress.com/?p=48#comment-178 Do you know anything about vinegar's power as a cleaner? I thought it was disinfecting, but I was recently told otherwise. I'm looking into it to see what I can find. Sattori Do you know anything about vinegar’s power as a cleaner? I thought it was disinfecting, but I was recently told otherwise. I’m looking into it to see what I can find. Sattori

]]> By: Sattori http://greenerone.wordpress.com/2008/05/18/weekend-product-review-seventh-generation-natural-dish-liquid/#comment-177 Sattori Sun, 31 Aug 2008 02:19:12 +0000 http://greenerone.wordpress.com/?p=48#comment-177 Hi Molly, Thanks for your comments. I haven't tried Ecover, though seen it. It didn't seem as natural to me, but then again that was just intuition, so I'll check it out more. If I have to use a separate product for dishwashing, (right now I have roommates who would prefer it) then I use Nature Clean right now. For me and my boyfriend, we always prefer to use just one thing for everything, so simple, so cheap and so less dependent on the system of consumerism and products. We use a bar soap (right now it's Mountain Sky.. a BC small company, or any local handmade soap) or Dr. Bronners. Which ever one, it really cuts down on a lot of concern over what's in something and what I'm doing to the environment. If it's good for my body, then it's good for the environment. That's my motto these days. Sattori Hi Molly,
Thanks for your comments. I haven’t tried Ecover, though seen it. It didn’t seem as natural to me, but then again that was just intuition, so I’ll check it out more. If I have to use a separate product for dishwashing, (right now I have roommates who would prefer it) then I use Nature Clean right now. For me and my boyfriend, we always prefer to use just one thing for everything, so simple, so cheap and so less dependent on the system of consumerism and products. We use a bar soap (right now it’s Mountain Sky.. a BC small company, or any local handmade soap) or Dr. Bronners. Which ever one, it really cuts down on a lot of concern over what’s in something and what I’m doing to the environment. If it’s good for my body, then it’s good for the environment. That’s my motto these days. Sattori

]]> By: Molly http://greenerone.wordpress.com/2008/05/18/weekend-product-review-seventh-generation-natural-dish-liquid/#comment-175 Molly Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:14:10 +0000 http://greenerone.wordpress.com/?p=48#comment-175 Hi Sattori, and thanks for your comments. I'm now trying Ecover and I think it is the gentlest on the environment that I've tried so far. A have a friend who doesn't like it as much as Seventh Generation, primarily because of the foaming and his impression that it doesn't clean as well. It's fine for me, and I've pretty much gotten used to just wiping out any residual oil with a clean dish cloth after everything's dried. You are right: people really have been conditioned to think that foam = cleaning power in everything from toothpaste to shampoo to dish soap to laundry detergent. I'm also using Dr. Bronner's around the house in my soap dispensers and it's great stuff. A little goes a long way because you can dilute it; a 16 oz. bottle has lasted me a couple of months. I haven't tried it in the washing machine yet. I know some people who even use it to make their own toothpaste! Hi Sattori, and thanks for your comments. I’m now trying Ecover and I think it is the gentlest on the environment that I’ve tried so far. A have a friend who doesn’t like it as much as Seventh Generation, primarily because of the foaming and his impression that it doesn’t clean as well. It’s fine for me, and I’ve pretty much gotten used to just wiping out any residual oil with a clean dish cloth after everything’s dried. You are right: people really have been conditioned to think that foam = cleaning power in everything from toothpaste to shampoo to dish soap to laundry detergent. I’m also using Dr. Bronner’s around the house in my soap dispensers and it’s great stuff. A little goes a long way because you can dilute it; a 16 oz. bottle has lasted me a couple of months. I haven’t tried it in the washing machine yet. I know some people who even use it to make their own toothpaste!

]]> By: Sattori http://greenerone.wordpress.com/2008/05/18/weekend-product-review-seventh-generation-natural-dish-liquid/#comment-173 Sattori Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:46:22 +0000 http://greenerone.wordpress.com/?p=48#comment-173 Hello, thanks for posting this info...as I was seaching for a list of ingredients for the Seventh Generation dish soap. I had a feeling it was not totally natural, in my experience, and that includes some little local businesses, in order to sell to the mass population, (make money to stay in business) that's just the way it seems to go. I have found only a few things that are totally natural and the only big business of them is Dr. Bronners. You can use it for everything. The thing is that with natural products you won't get the grease fighting or squeaky cleanness because the other products are designed that way with the chemicals they use. Regular soap, plain basic soap (or castile soap which some bar soaps and Dr. Bronner's are) are just that.....soap. And if we go back to basics (where everything is environmentally and human friendly) then we have to let go of our cleanliness expectations that the big businesses have shown us and had us grow up with. That's my place on this at this time in my life. This comes from recent study, looking at soap, how to make it and what makes it deviate from something safe. I welcome any commentary on this. Thanks, Sattori Hello, thanks for posting this info…as I was seaching for a list of ingredients for the Seventh Generation dish soap. I had a feeling it was not totally natural, in my experience, and that includes some little local businesses, in order to sell to the mass population, (make money to stay in business) that’s just the way it seems to go. I have found only a few things that are totally natural and the only big business of them is Dr. Bronners. You can use it for everything.

The thing is that with natural products you won’t get the grease fighting or squeaky cleanness because the other products are designed that way with the chemicals they use. Regular soap, plain basic soap (or castile soap which some bar soaps and Dr. Bronner’s are) are just that…..soap. And if we go back to basics (where everything is environmentally and human friendly) then we have to let go of our cleanliness expectations that the big businesses have shown us and had us grow up with. That’s my place on this at this time in my life. This comes from recent study, looking at soap, how to make it and what makes it deviate from something safe. I welcome any commentary on this. Thanks, Sattori

]]> By: Molly http://greenerone.wordpress.com/2008/05/18/weekend-product-review-seventh-generation-natural-dish-liquid/#comment-170 Molly Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:07:40 +0000 http://greenerone.wordpress.com/?p=48#comment-170 Hi Michael! This is exactly the transparency we're trying to bring to light on the main Greener One site (http://GreenerOne.com). If you look at the Household Supplies section, for example, we're collecting information about ingredients, amount of recycled packaging in the product, and so on. So if you come across questionable ingredients in your label reading and want to help spread the word about it, please join us and add your findings. Of course, you can also use the site as a resource too, to see how your day-to-day products stack up. Hi Michael! This is exactly the transparency we’re trying to bring to light on the main Greener One site (http://GreenerOne.com). If you look at the Household Supplies section, for example, we’re collecting information about ingredients, amount of recycled packaging in the product, and so on. So if you come across questionable ingredients in your label reading and want to help spread the word about it, please join us and add your findings. Of course, you can also use the site as a resource too, to see how your day-to-day products stack up.

]]> By: Michael W http://greenerone.wordpress.com/2008/05/18/weekend-product-review-seventh-generation-natural-dish-liquid/#comment-169 Michael W Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:17:54 +0000 http://greenerone.wordpress.com/?p=48#comment-169 I just had the same experience. I bought a bottle of Seventh Gen. Free and Clear Natural Dish Liquid thinking it wouldn't have a single un-green ingredient in it. When I got it home I noticed that you can peel the back label off to see all the ingredients and low and behold, Sodium Laureth Sulfate is the second ingredient listed after water. It also has some of the other ones you mentioned in this post. I used to be a green "light" person, but the greener I get the more I'm learning you have to be really careful when buying so-called "green" products. SLS was one of the main ingredients I was trying to avoid in a dish washing liquid... Oh well, lesson learned. I just had the same experience. I bought a bottle of Seventh Gen. Free and Clear Natural Dish Liquid thinking it wouldn’t have a single un-green ingredient in it. When I got it home I noticed that you can peel the back label off to see all the ingredients and low and behold, Sodium Laureth Sulfate is the second ingredient listed after water. It also has some of the other ones you mentioned in this post. I used to be a green “light” person, but the greener I get the more I’m learning you have to be really careful when buying so-called “green” products. SLS was one of the main ingredients I was trying to avoid in a dish washing liquid… Oh well, lesson learned.

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