Does your product contain only organic or plant-based ingredients but still has a high hazard score or low data availability rating?
Even plant-based ingredients can be harmful -- poison ivy, for example -- and should meet the same safety standards as those derived from petroleum, mines or animals. It's hard to tell which ingredients are truly "organic" or "natural" because truth-in-marketing rules for food don't apply in the cosmetics world. An exception - products bearing the USDA organic seal contain ingredients that come from plants grown without artificial pesticides and fertilizers.
Source: EWG http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/
How has this bit of data influenced my family? This morning my husband asked me to look up his shaving soap. The product scored a 2 but we wanted to know why. As we looked deeper into the ingredients we found that clove powder and clove oil both scored a 5 for the following reason, "Allergies/immunotoxicity". Check out your cosmetics and see what you find.
Cosmetic Database
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