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'Green' products don't live up to label claims
Some 'green' products contained over 50 per cent petroleum-based carbon components
Household and personal products making claims about the sustainability of their ingredients may not be all they seem. According to analysis by US researchers, many such products contain surprising amounts of petroleum-derived ingredients.
Researchers at Seventh Generation in Vermont - which makes its own range of household products from predominantly plant-derived ingredients - have been using carbon-14 analysis to reveal the origins of components in liquid laundry detergent, washing up liquid, and hand wash products. Their results - particularly for products making sustainability claims - were quite surprising. More...
http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2011/April/01041105.asp
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