CHOOSING SAFER PRODUCTS - Laundry through Toys

updated Mar 23, 2010 by Maria Mergel

Product Category	Guidelines on Choosing Products	Databases of Specific Products
Laundry and Dry Cleaning	Occidental College Pollution Prevention Center: Environmental Garment Care (general information and list of less-toxic dry cleaners in California) Washington Toxics Coalition: How Toxic Are Laundry and Dishwashing Detergents?	Envirostars: listings of less-toxic dry cleaners in the Puget Sound region of Washington State NIH Household Products Database: health and safety information for a range of household products
Lawn and Garden Products	INND, King County, Seattle Tilth: IPMopedia (pesticide-free gardening tips, fact sheets from landscaping professionals) Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides: Pests and Weeds fact sheets Washington Toxics Coalition: Healthy Homes and Gardens, Lawn and Garden Chemicals (fact sheets, FAQs on less-toxic pest control)	Portland Metro, King County, Thurston County: Grow Smart, Grow Safe (PDF file): safety ratings for over 600 consumer pesticides, fertilizers, and soil amendments
Other	Center for Health, Environment & Justice: Volatile Vinyl (report on toxic chemicals in shower curtains)	HealthyStuff.org
Tableware	Pollution in People: Less-toxic Kitchenware Washington Toxics Coalition: Tableware (Safe Start for Kids)	HealthyStuff.org
Toys	Washington Toxics Coalition: Toys (Safe Start for Kids)	HealthyStuff.org

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| Laundry and Dry Cleaning \\ | * Occidental College Pollution Prevention Center: [Environmental Garment Care|http://departments.oxy.edu/uepi/ppc/consumer.htm] (general information and list of less-toxic dry cleaners in California)
* Washington Toxics Coalition: [How Toxic Are Laundry and Dishwashing Detergents?|http://watoxics.org/healthy-homes-gardens-1/factsheets/fastfacts/inside-your-home/cleaning-products#detergent] | * [Envirostars|http://www.envirostars.org/categorydetails.cfm?cat=14]: listings of less-toxic dry cleaners in the Puget Sound region of Washington State
* [NIH Household Products Database|http://hpd.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/household/prodtree?prodcat=Inside+the+Home]: health and safety information for a range of household products |
| Lawn and Garden Products \\ | * INND, King County, Seattle Tilth: [IPMopedia|http://www.ipmopedia.org] (pesticide-free gardening tips, fact sheets from landscaping professionals)
* Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides: [Pests and Weeds fact sheets|http://www.pesticide.org/factsheets.html#alternatives]
* Washington Toxics Coalition: [Healthy Homes and Gardens, Lawn and Garden Chemicals|http://www.watoxics.org/healthy-homes-gardens-1/lawn-and-garden] (fact sheets, FAQs on less-toxic pest control) | * Portland Metro, King County, Thurston County: [Grow Smart, Grow Safe|http://toxipedia.org/download/attachments/6/growsmartpdf.PDF?version=1] (PDF file): safety ratings for over 600 consumer pesticides, fertilizers, and soil amendments |
| Other \\ | * Center for Health, Environment & Justice: [Volatile Vinyl|http://www.chej.org/showercurtainreport/] (report on toxic chemicals in shower curtains) | * &nbsp;[HealthyStuff.org|http://www.healthystuff.org] |
| Tableware \\ | * Pollution in People: [Less-toxic Kitchenware|http://pollutioninpeople.org/safer/products/kitchenware]
* Washington Toxics Coalition: [Tableware|http://www.watoxics.org/healthy-families/safe-start-for-kids-1/choosing-safer-products-tableware/] (Safe Start for Kids) | * &nbsp;[HealthyStuff.org|http://www.healthystuff.org] |
| Toys \\ | * Washington Toxics Coalition: [Toys|http://www.watoxics.org/healthy-families/safe-start-for-kids-1/choosing-safer-products-toys] (Safe Start for Kids) | * &nbsp;[HealthyStuff.org|http://www.healthystuff.org] |
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