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Household Detergents, Shampoos May Form Harmful Substance in Wastewater
ScienceDaily (May 27, 2010) — Scientists are reporting evidence that certain ingredients in shampoo, detergents and other household cleaning agents may be a source of precursor materials for formation of a suspected cancer-causing contaminant in water supplies that receive water from sewage treatment plants. The study sheds new light on possible environmental sources of this poorly understood water contaminant, called NDMA, which is of ongoing concern to health officials.

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Procter & Gamble to Reduce Toxic Contaminant in Herbal Essences Shampoo New Product Tests reveal 1,4-dioxane in Major Laundry Detergent Brands, Too

Laundry Detergent Test Results Tide (P&G) – 55 ppm Ivory Snow Gentle (P&G) – 31 ppm Tide Free (P&G) – 29 ppm Purex (Dial Corp) – 25 ppm Gain 2X Ultra (P&G) – 21 ppm Cheer BrightClean Detergent (P&G) – 20 ppm Era 2X Ultra (P&G) – 14 ppm Arm & Hammer (Church & Dwight Co.) – 5.0 ppm Wisk 2X Ultra (Sun Products Corp) – 3.9 ppm Woolite complete detergent (Reckitt Benckiser) – 1.3 ppm All Laundry Detergent (Unilever) – 0.6 ppm Dreft powdered detergent (P&G) - ND Sun Burst  (Sun Products Corp.) – ND “Natural” Brands: Planet Ultra Liquid Laundry detergent – 6.1 ppm Mrs. Meyers Laundry detergent – 1.5 ppm Clorox Green Works Natural Laundry detergent- ND ECOS Laundry Detergent (Earth Friendly Products) – ND Life Tree Laundry Liquid – ND Method Squeaky Green Laundry Detergent - ND Seventh Generation Free & Clear laundry detergent– ND (ppm = parts per million; ND=not detected) The independent third-party laboratory, Exova, known for rigorous testing and chain-of-custody protocols, performed all testing. The press conference was held in cooperation with The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics (CSC), a national coalition of health and environmental groups. ABOUT 1,4-DIOXANE - 1,4-dioxane is generated as a byproduct of ethoxylation, a process used by some companies to provide mildness to harsh cleaning ingredients, which requires use of the cancer-causing petrochemical ethylene oxide. 1,4-dioxane is considered a chemical “known to the State of California to cause cancer” under Proposition 65, and is also suspected as a kidney toxicant, neurotoxicant and respiratory toxicant, among others, according to the California EPA.

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