Today, nearly 70% of schools require district approval before purchasing cleaning and maintenance products such as disinfectants and air fresheners.[1] Yet there is no caveat that these products be free of toxic chemicals. Ubiquitous in schools, pink soap contains these toxic chemical ingredients:
Cocamidopropyl Betaine is a skin irritant linked to contact dermatitis.[2]
“Fragrance” is a catch-all term that can mean as many as 2,000 different toxic chemicals, many of them endocrine disruptors linked to developmental and reproductive toxicity.[3]
DMDM Hydantoin releases formaldehyde, a known human carcinogen, and has been linked to cancer and skin irritation; Japan restricts its use in cosmetics.[4]
If they follow recommended hand washing precautions to avoid illness, our children are exposed at least five times each day to these toxic chemicals.
Let’s get pink soap out of our schools! We ask Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of School Administrators, to identify pink soap as toxic and direct school decision-makers to purchase non-toxic soap for our kids.
[1] CDC School Health Policies & Practices Study, 2012: http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/shpps/2012/pdf/shpps-results_2012.pdf#page=117
[2] http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/ingredient/701520/COCAMIDOPROPYL_BETAINE/
[3] http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/ingredient/702512/FRAGRANCE/
[4] http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/ingredient/702196/DMDM_HYDANTOIN_%28FORMALDEHYDE_RELEASER%29/
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September 19, 2014
41 Comments
With more and more children developing food allergies and other conditions which must be accommodated at school, don't you want to give them the best chance at health that you can? Please use non-toxic soaps in schools. It makes a difference. Thank you.
I am a custodian in a school and use vinegar and other non toxic products but the soap is ordered through our supply company. Not pink but I don't like the ingredients.
Toxic hand soap is that last thing our kids need at school. And we wonder why there are so many behavior issues and developmental delays in children. Hmm...
I work in a school so this is equally important to me as well as to the health of the children.
This is important to me because I am a substitute teacher, so I am constantly washing my hands!
Pink soap is NON-TOXIC.
Good move!!
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Today, nearly 70% of schools require district approval before purchasing cleaning and maintenance products such as disinfectants and air fresheners.[1] Yet there is no caveat that these products be free of toxic chemicals. Ubiquitous in schools, pink soap contains these toxic chemical ingredients:
Cocamidopropyl Betaine is a skin irritant linked to contact dermatitis.[2]
“Fragrance” is a catch-all term that can mean as many as 2,000 different toxic chemicals, many of them endocrine disruptors linked to developmental and reproductive toxicity.[3]
DMDM Hydantoin releases formaldehyde, a known human carcinogen, and has been linked to cancer and skin irritation; Japan restricts its use in cosmetics.[4]
If they follow recommended hand washing precautions to avoid illness, our children are exposed at least five times each day to these toxic chemicals.
Let’s get pink soap out of our schools! We ask Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of School Administrators, to identify pink soap as toxic and direct school decision-makers to purchase non-toxic soap for our kids.
[1] CDC School Health Policies & Practices Study, 2012: http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/shpps/2012/pdf/shpps-results_2012.pdf#page=117
[2] http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/ingredient/701520/COCAMIDOPROPYL_BETAINE/
[3] http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/ingredient/702512/FRAGRANCE/
[4] http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/ingredient/702196/DMDM_HYDANTOIN_%28FORMALDEHYDE_RELEASER%29/
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Reached 100 supporters
September 19, 2014
41 Comments
I know that simplicity is a hard thing for most people to grasp, but what about good, old castile soap? Why do people think something will only work if we put horrible chemicals in it?
With more and more children developing food allergies and other conditions which must be accommodated at school, don't you want to give them the best chance at health that you can? Please use non-toxic soaps in schools. It makes a difference. Thank you.
I am a custodian in a school and use vinegar and other non toxic products but the soap is ordered through our supply company. Not pink but I don't like the ingredients.
Toxic hand soap is that last thing our kids need at school. And we wonder why there are so many behavior issues and developmental delays in children. Hmm...
I work in a school so this is equally important to me as well as to the health of the children.
This is important to me because I am a substitute teacher, so I am constantly washing my hands!
Pink soap is NON-TOXIC.
Good move!!
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I know that simplicity is a hard thing for most people to grasp, but what about good, old castile soap? Why do people think something will only work if we put horrible chemicals in it?