We read the ingredient lists, safety data sheets and third-party classifications behind everyday household products — then explain what they actually say.
No verdicts. No scare tactics. No lab coats.
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Four ways into the same question. Pick the one that matches what you’re trying to find out.
Non-Toxic Product Guides
Category by category — what to look for on the label, which ingredients get flagged by third-party databases, and which products leave them out. Deodorant, cookware, laundry detergent, water filters and more.
Brand Audits
What a named brand actually discloses, and what it keeps proprietary. We report the published standard and the gaps in it — we do not tell you a company is dangerous.
Free From
One chemical at a time. What PFAS, phthalates, parabens and VOCs actually are, where they turn up, what the regulators say, and which product categories avoid them.
Comparisons
Head to head on the things that matter — disclosed ingredients, materials, certifications and price. Brita vs Pur, Caraway vs Our Place, Coway vs Levoit.
How We Work
We read what’s published
Manufacturer ingredient disclosures, safety data sheets and restricted-substance lists — the documents brands put in public and then hope nobody checks.
We cite third parties
EWG hazard ratings, EPA Safer Choice listings, CPSC recall notices and FDA guidance. Every figure links back to whoever produced it, so you can check it yourself.
We don’t run our own tests
No laboratory, no instruments, no claims of hands-on measurement. Our work is reading, cross-referencing and explaining. Full methodology.
Latest Audits
- Is Dawn Dish Soap Toxic? What’s Actually in the Blue BottleDawn publishes its full ingredient list. Reading it reveals something odd: Free & Clear differs from Original by one line, and it isn’t the fragrance.
- Is HexClad Non-Toxic? PTFE, the Lawsuit & Which Pan You OwnHexClad pans sold Feb 2022 to Mar 2024 used PTFE, a PFAS compound. That led to a .5M settlement, and there is a way to tell which coating your pan has.
- Is Pura Non-Toxic? Ingredients, Recall & What’s DisclosedPura publishes a restricted-substances list excluding phthalates and parabens, but not full formulations. Plus what the 2025 CPSC recall actually covers.
A note on what “non-toxic” means here
“Non-toxic” is not a regulated term. No agency defines it, certifies it or audits its use on a label. So we don’t use it as a verdict — we use it as the question. What we can assess is disclosure: what a brand publishes, what it withholds, and what independent bodies say about the ingredients it names.
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