Here Are Some Of The Most Misleading And Toxic Hand Soaps Were Using
Washing our hands should be easy, right? But, some hand soaps have a mysterious ingredient that we didn’t think is harmful to our body. Curious, what’s that mystery ingredient? It’s the “fragrance” that made it dangerous. There are hidden chemicals incorporated with the fragrance of our soaps, according to the Environmental Working Group. Most soaps contain allergens that can cause skin and respiratory problems. They also have many endocrine disruptors — a scientific term that translates into “messes with your hormone levels.” Which may cause thyroid complications, infertility, and muscle impairment.
Here Are Some Of The Most Misleading And Toxic Hand Soaps Were Using
Method Pink Grapefruit Hand Soap
The method makes a list mainly due to their use of the aforementioned blanket-term fragrance in the ingredients, with their grapefruit hand soap. It’s just one of the products that everyone loves, somewhat like marshmallows and puppies, with no calories and no obedience classes. So, pump, lather, smile, and the next thing you know, your hands are soft and clean. What’s not to love, right? It does, however, includes Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Methylisothiazolinone, and Methylchlorisothiazolinone, all of which can be skin and respiratory irritants.
Method Pink Grapefruit Hand Soap
Nature’s Gate Liquid Hand Soap in Oatmeal
It’s an excellent example of “greenwashing.” Nature’s Gate Liquid Hand Soap in Oatmeal is formulated to nourish and soothe dry, moisture-starved hands. Oatmeal, paired with our exclusive combination of 7 moisturizers for skincare, helps relieve dryness and maintain the natural moisture balance of the skin. Given the term ‘nature’ in the company’s name, this soap contains those as mentioned above chemical catch-all Fragrance as well as Phenoxyethanol and Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate, which are irritants and possible neurotoxins.
Nature’s Gate Liquid Hand Soap In Oatmeal
Source Aloe Very Moisturizing Hand Soap
My goodness, I don’t even want to talk about my beloved Aldi. Yet once again, there are more subtle additives at play here, despite having an actual natural ingredient such as aloe. In this case, the main culprits are Fragrance and DMDM Hydantoin, a formaldehyde-releasing agent who is an irritant to the respiratory and skin and a potential carcinogen.
Source Aloe Very Moisturizing Hand Soap
Lysol No-Touch Hand Soap Refill in Grapefruit
This is made for handwashing to reduce the bacteria on the skin. It contains a refreshing scent of grapefruit essence. Nevertheless, in addition to Fragrance, this Lysol product contains Lauramide DEA, which is carcinogenic in lab studies.
Lysol No Touch Hand Soap Refill In Grapefruit
Equate Liquid Hand Soap with Milk & Honey
Equate Liquid Hand Milk & Honey Soap includes moisturizers that condition the hands, leaving your palms feeling clean and soft. Even though Milk & Honey sounds gentle enough for an infant, this hand soap contains both Fragrance and DMDM Hydantoin, which may irritate or burn the skin.
Equate Liquid Hand Soap With Milk & Honey
Bath & Body Works Endless Weekend Gentle Foaming Hand Soap
Brace yourselves, as we’ve got a lot of Bath & Body Products on this list. If you’re one of the people who feel like they’re having an instant migraine by passing through the store, it’s for a useful purpose. Interestingly, they label this product with both Fragrance and Parfum, which happens to be the same thing. This product also contains known irritants Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate, Triethylene Glycol, Methylchloroisothiazolinone, which Methylisothiazolinone, and should never be used while pregnant.
Bath & Body Works Endless Weekend Gentle Foaming Hand Soap
Softsoap Rich Shea Butter Moisturizing Liquid Hand Soap
You may want to treat yourself with this Softsoap Rich Shea Butter Moisturizing Liquid Hand Soap after reading the comments, but don’t get high expectations for it, particularly if you have sensitive skin, or you might just get disappointed. Since Shea Butter may be a natural moisturizer, but it contains both Fragrance and DMDM Hydantoin.
Softsoap Rich Shea Butter Moisturizing Liquid Hand Soap
Bath & Body Works Sea Island Cotton Anti-Bacterial Moisturizing Liquid Hand Soap
The Deep Cleansing Hand Soap is specially formulated to effectively cleanse and exfoliate, while conditioning Aloe and Vitamin E leave hands feeling soft and smooth, but this is another Bath & Body Works product containing Fragrance, Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate, Triethylene Glycol, and Methylisothiazolinone that causes irritation, chemical burns, and should never be used while pregnant.
Bath & Body Works Sea Island Cotton Anti Bacterial Moisturizing Liquid Hand Soap
Bath & Body Works White Citrus Deep Cleansing Hand Soap
This one includes Fragrance, Parfum, and BHT, a possible allergen and carcinogen. You shouldn’t be a move by just the smell of liquid soap, as it could do more harm to you if you’re not careful.
Bath & Body Works White Citrus Deep Cleansing Hand Soap
Dial Antibacterial Liquid Hand Soap in Spring Water
You wouldn’t have believed this is as pure as “spring water,” since this soap contains Fragrance, Triclocarban (hormone disruptor that could cause infertility and thyroid problems as well as impaired muscle function) and BHT (possible allergen and carcinogen). This hydrating liquid hand soap is gentle enough for daily use, and destroys 99.9% of the bacteria present in the household, making it ideal for your whole family. Still, it may also have a negative effect on you, so be careful.
Dial Antibacterial Liquid Hand Soap In Spring Water
Yardley Liquid Hand Soap in Oatmeal & Almond
Yardley’s Oatmeal & Almond Liquid Hand Soap begins with a combination of crushed almond and sun-warmed oatmeal. A graciously scented mix of warm vanilla bean and lemon zest complements these notes. Oatmeal and almond may seem like the most natural ingredients. Still, this hand soap also contains Fragrance, Lauramide DEA (possible carcinogen), Triclosan (a hormone disruptor that may cause infertility and thyroid problems), and DMDM Hydantoin (probable carcinogen).
Yardley Liquid Hand Soap In Oatmeal & Almond
Dial Hand Soap in White Tea & Vitamin E Pearls
White tea and vitamin E, perfect! What could be more nutritious than that? Worse still, they are paired with Fragrance and DMDM Hydantoin, which may cause skin irritation. Still, this product is a go-to-hand wash for a lot of consumers, because it didn’t feel sticky after rinsing and has various scents.
Dial Hand Soap In White Tea & Vitamin E Pearls
Jason Lavender Hand Soap
Oh, this one kind of hurt. I have always thought Jason was a clean brand. Unfortunately, this product contains Fragrance along with Retinyl Palmitate (an irritant that can increase sun sensitivity) and Hydroxycitronellal (a respiratory and skin irritant.) Fellas, get it from essential oil anytime you want your lavender boost.
Jason Lavender Hand Soap
Dial Vanilla Honey Hand Soap with Moisturizer
This liquid hand soap is mild enough to be used frequently and encourages safe handwashing practices. The calming scent and rich lather are the right combinations in our formula that will make your hands feel soft and healthy. Yet again, with the nourishing sound name hiding Fragrance and DMDM Hydantoin, the skin may become irritant and may have carcinogens. However, this leaves the senses alive with the delicious fragrance of Vanilla Honey.
Dial Vanilla Honey Hand Soap With Moisturizer
Bath & Body Works Winter Cranberry Antibacterial Gentle Foaming Hand Soap
A cool treat of frosted cranberries sprinkled with diced peach. Now filled with nourishing Aloe and protective Vitamin E, the cleanest rinse ever leaves your hands feeling soft, smooth, and lightly scented! Nevertheless, this contains Fragrance and Triclosan 0.3%, an endocrine disruptor that can induce infertility and impaired muscle function.
Bath & Body Works Winter Cranberry Antibacterial Gentle Foaming Hand Soap
Bath & Body Works Anti-Bacterial Gentle Foaming Hand Soap in Kitchen Lemon
A fresh mix of zesty lemon, sparkling citrus, and Italian bergamot, Bath & Body Works Kitchen LEMON Gentle Foaming Hand Soap provides a cloud of luxurious foam that turns into a rich, creamy lather to gently wash away dirt and germs, while soothing Aloe and nourishing Vitamin E leave your hands feeling soft, smooth and lightly scented. While Kitchen Lemon sounds good enough to eat, this product contains Fragrance, Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate, Triethylene Glycol, Methylchloroisothiazolinone, and Methylisothiazolinone known to be irritants, and Triethylene Glycol should never be used while pregnant.
Bath & Body Works Anti Bacterial Gentle Foaming Hand Soap In Kitchen Lemon
Up & Up Milk And Honey Hand Soap
This gentle formula creates a rich lather to wash away dirt, germs, and impurities by stripping off their natural moisture. Plus, sweet honey and milk scent leave hands smelling amazing, and this one contains a mystery catch-all aroma along with a variety of known irritants and allergens.
Up & Up Milk And Honey Hand Soap
Eski Biochem Hand Sanitizer
This hand sanitizer made by the company headquartered in Mexico, which is still on the market, may contain methanol and can be poisonous if swallowed or ingested through the skin, the FDA reports. Substantial exposure to methanol can result in nausea, vomiting, headache, blurred vision, permanent blindness, seizures, coma, permanent damage to the nervous system, and even death.
Eski Biochem Hand Sanitizer
Softsoap Black Raspberry & Vanilla Hand Soap
As lovely as this combination truly sounds, try baking the real thing into a cobbler and leave your hand soap unscented. Each one contains Fragrance, DMDM Hydantoin, and Sodium Laureth Sulfate, and if the skin becomes allergic, it can cause skin damage, such as redness, and can also irritate the skin.
Softsoap Black Raspberry & Vanilla Hand Soap
Dial Pomegranate Tangerine Hand Soap
Fruity, juicy, tangy – need we say more? The fragrance of citrus tangerine and fresh pomegranate can make you feel as invigorated as if you had just returned from sunny, tropical holiday – every time you wash your hands. But then again, you should just make a smoothie out of the real thing and skip this toxic mess. This also contains Fragrance, Triclosan, and DMDM Hydantoin and a host of other irritants.
Dial Pomegranate Tangerine Hand Soap
Dial Seasonals Winter Frost Liquid Hand Soap with Moisturizer
Get your holiday cheer on something that doesn’t contain Fragrance, Parfum, and DMDM Hydantoin. This frosty scent may be ideal for winter season fun, whether it’s family gatherings or gathering by the fire with your kids, but if you’re not vigilant, it can also be a great nuisance.
Dial Seasonals Winter Frost Liquid Hand Soap With Moisturizer
Jason Purifying Tea Tree Hand Soap
Oh, please, do yourself a favor. If you see a label that has the name of a known therapeutic essential oil, always check the ingredients on the back. Because Fragrance is at the top of the list on this one. (And most other things in this slideshow).
Jason Purifying Tea Tree Hand Soap
Softsoap Coconut & Warm Ginger Hand Soap
An exotic fragrance inspired by the fruit and spice of beautiful faraway lands. No, you’re not on a tropical island. You’re dowsing yourself with Fragrance and DMDM Hydantoin. Which, if you have forgotten, is a formaldehyde-releasing possible carcinogen.
Softsoap Coconut & Warm Ginger Hand Soap
Bath & Body Works Apricot Mango Gentle Foaming Hand Soap
Wow, too much Bath & Body Works. New yummy scents still keep popping up. Always replicating them with a synthetic chemical soup by the name of Fragrance and Parfum. If you want a hand soap that smells delicious and cleans your hands at the same time, this is a hand soap for you. This lathers up too effortlessly and makes your hands feel soft and luxurious, but it could also harm you. Do you have a headache yet?
Bath & Body Works Apricot Mango Gentle Foaming Hand Soap
Bath & Body Works Provence Garden Gentle Foaming Hand Soap
Do you know what’s not sprouting up out of the lavender fields of Provence? “Fragrance.” It includes an easy-to-rinse lather and a long-lasting scent for the perfect palm-pampering experience! Yet be vigilant of the items you’re purchasing!
Bath & Body Works Provence Garden Gentle Foaming Hand Soap
Bath & Body Works Japanese Cherry Blossom Gentle Foaming Hand Soap
Japanese Cherry Blossom, the most popular feminine scent in America, cherished for its timeless, authentic beauty. Ideal for lunch dates, working days, nights out, and even lounging around the house. Yep. Fragrance and Parfum. And make no mistake, folks. This goes for B& BW’s lotions and body washes too.
Bath & Body Works Japanese Cherry Blossom Gentle Foaming Hand Soap
Jergens Tropical Vanilla Hand Soap
Jergens tropical vanilla fine liquid hand wash. This enticing scent of fruity, tropical vanilla is as warm as it is refreshing. It will condition the skin leaving hands feeling luxuriously soft and velvety with every wash. Wash your hands with something unscented, rub a little vanilla extract on your pulse points, and skip the Parfum and DMDM Hydantoin.
Jergens Tropical Vanilla Hand Soap
Bath & Body Works Caribbean Escape Anti Bacterial Deep Cleansing Hand Soap
I know. You want to be on a far off Caribbean island right now. I do too. This powerful germ-killing hand soap is enriched with an exclusive moisturizing blend to help moisturize and soften the skin as powerful ingredients leave dirty hands clean and lightly scented with an exotic blend of fresh pineapple and casaba melon. But washing your hands in Fragrance and Lauramide DEA (carcinogenic in lab studies) isn’t going to get you there any quicker.
Bath & Body Works Caribbean Escape Anti Bacterial Deep Cleansing Hand Soap
Bath & Body Works Lemon Meringue Cheer Anti Bacterial Gentle Foaming Hand Soap
It smells so delicious, so it’s no surprise that a lot of people buy this stuff, particularly during the holiday season. And nothing says Merry Christmas like a bag of unknown toxic chemicals and a known hormonal disruptor. (Fragrance and Triclosan, in case you were wondering.)
Bath & Body Works Lemon Meringue Cheer Anti Bacterial Gentle Foaming Hand Soap
Bath & Body Works Gingered Peach Deep Cleansing Hand Soap
Not sure exactly what makes this “deep cleansing,” but it’s hauling a huge no-no list. Fragrance, Parfume, Propylparaben (endocrine disruptor), BHT (allergen and possible carcinogen), and Diazolidinyl Urea (a formaldehyde-releasing agent that causes allergy and skin irritation). Oh, wait, that last one “allows chemicals to penetrate deeper into the skin.” Among other chemicals is formaldehyde. You know this is a carcinogen. So yeah, there’s your deep clean.
Bath & Body Works Gingered Peach Deep Cleansing Hand Soap
Jergens Lotion Enriched Cream Hand Soap
Surprisingly, this is the first one in the list that doesn’t include the term Fragrance in the list of ingredients. However, it also rates higher in toxicity than almost all on the list due to Propylparaben, an endocrine disruptor found in breast tumors, and our old friend DMDM Hydantoin, a Formaldehyde-releasing possible carcinogen.
Jergens Lotion Enriched Cream Hand Soap
Bath & Body Works Fresh Picked Honeycrisp Apple Anti Bacterial Gentle Foaming Hand Soap
And last definitely not least, because of its use of fragrance, perfume, triclosan (endocrine disruptor with potential impaired muscle function, infertility, and antibiotic resistance), and at least SEVEN other identified irritants and allergens, this product have been given a toxicity scale of 10 on the Think Dirty app. What did we learn today, folks? Wash your hands. Better than you think you ought to do. Then, please, choose something unscented and safe to do that.
Bath & Body Works Fresh Picked Honeycrisp Apple Anti Bacterial Gentle Foaming Hand Soap