![]() “Little known fact: laundry detergent doesn’t always just wash off with water,” she shares. ![]() Shazi Visram, founder of Healthybaby, a brain-forward personal care brand for babies (which includes laundry detergent), knows a thing or two about sudsing up safely. It’s definitely safest to choose the most gentle detergent for your infant, whether it’s your first rodeo or you’ve already done this before. Do babies need special laundry detergent? But first, a little more about your LO’s laundry. ![]() But that’s what motherhood’s all about, amirite?! So when it comes to decisions, big and small - from picking out the safest car seat for your infant, to christening them with an adorable Disney character name - we’re here for you every step of the way. Navigating the newness that comes along with having a newborn is always a bit of trial and error. And no, we don’t mean hiring an in-house nanny. When you’re doing 8-10 loads of laundry a week, you realize pretty quickly that something needs to change. The last thing you want to do is expose your little one to icky ingredients (even fragrances and dyes) that are often the culprit for rashes and eczema. If you’ve ever scoured the detergent aisle at your local supermarket, then you already know there’s a lot out there (a lotta BS, that is). But don’t worry Mama, we’ve got some suggestions for you and your little one’s sensitive skin. And they've got our thanks for doing it.Seeking out the best clean laundry detergent for babies is no easy task - bonus points if it’s organic, earth-friendly, and of course, chemical-free. EWG does continual re-grading efforts and recognizes the improvement we are making. Over the years we have removed borate/boric acid from our products and that has helped improve our scores on this database. We're still looking, but until we find it it's either a tiny bit of methylisothiazolinone or products that could be contaminated with microbes. ![]() We've been searching for a plant-based preservative that is safe and effective and to date, we haven't been successful finding one. (Natural microbes love to eat our plant-based ingredients!) EWG gives this ingredient a D, though it meets our rigorous safety and environmental standards (minus the fact that it's synthetic). There's also the sticky wicket of methylisothiazolinone, a synthetic preservative used to maintain freshness in our plant-based products. This discrepancy can sometimes lead to a little confusion. It seems the biggest issue is that EWG interpreted the terms "Essential Oils," "Botanical Extracts," and "Preservatives" on our ingredients lists as "incomplete disclosure" when in fact those terms are supplied in addition to the exact oils, extracts, and preservatives we use. But what's dragging our average down? Our in-house green scientists shed some light on things. So on a bell curve, we're still at the head of the class. You can just imagine the interoffice anticipation when we logged in to find that while more than a third of our products receive "A" grades, others were graded from B-F."įirst, 37% of our stuff got an A, a grade awarded to only 3% of the nearly 2500 products rated. That's where their amazing guides come in. ![]() Like us, they believe too many products hide their ingredients and that consumers have a right to know what's inside of them. The good people at the Environmental Working Group have been kindred spirits in the effort to get companies to disclose the ingredients they use in their products. ![]()
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