Comments on: SC Johnson to phase out phthalate from scented products

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:40:54 +0000

It is a good sign, but it won’t change my mind about SC Johnson – I will continue to vote for all green companies with my dollars – Earth Friendly Products, Seventh Generation, BioKleen, etc… SCJ shouldn’t be rewarded for polluting the envirionment and people’s bodies for decades.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:18:32 +0000

Susie, thanks for stopping by http://www.supereco.com/news/2009/03/13/breaking-sc-johnson-removes-phthalates/. Many of our readers are still taking their first steps toward greener, more sustainable living, and we appreciate resources like you out here who are digging deep.

I agree that voting with our wallets is really starting to hurt companies that try to pull the wool over our eyes. I’m so glad for all those years I spent sticking to my guns and buying more expensive organic, natural and alternative products for my family — not only did we help build the market and bring the price point down and availability up for those products, but we took money away from companies that insisted they could keep poisoning their own customers. I hope that social and government pressure catches up with economic pressure — but until then, we’ll take what we can get!

By: Ruth

Ruth — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:57:27 +0000

Susie, I do have a concern that when the new regs finally get in place, that a whole lot of the chemicals being used now will NOT be “grandfathered in”, so that business as usual goes on….leaving only the newer products to be considered for scrutiny. It could happen…..

By: Jasmine

Jasmine — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:48:16 +0000

An important step in the right direction.

By: Susie Collins

Susie Collins — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:57:03 +0000

Linda and Lisa, I see a perfect storm happening in regard to toxic chemical regulation and reform in the US. Although those of us with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity have been sounding the alarm for years and years about toxic chemicals in everyday household products, there are now social and economic pressures for companies to not only eliminate toxic chemicals from their products, but also to disclose all ingredients and manufacturing processes. SC Johnson is making this change because it’s now economically wise for them to do so. There is a perfect storm of the public, government, and international trade all applying pressure to companies to eliminate toxic chemicals from their products. This change in SC Johnson’s corporate strategy is not an isolated incident, it’s part of a social trend demanding toxic chemical reform. Hallelujah!

PS Lisa, Thanks for the shout out to The Canary Report. Your blog is wonderful! A good resource for us canaries. Thanks for visiting and sharing your thoughts on this.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:54:20 +0000

I see a people brushing this news off as only pertaining to “fragrance products,” when it’s actually any product that is scented. What a big change!

I’d be curious to know what amount of “consumer feedback” was written feedback vs. voting with our dollars.

By: linda

linda — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:27:57 +0000

“At the end of the day, we will consider making a change if it’s really important to the families that use our products,” Johnson said.

I would think families have always wanted non-toxic products, but since many of the toxic ingredients haven’t been labelled, we haven’t been aware that we have been unwitting guinea pigs, being poisoned for profit.

Well, some of us have known and have been sounding the alarm, it’s just taken a long time for it to be heard. Maybe one day people will thank us.

So folks, I guess we need to let the companies and service providers know that safe non-toxic products are important to us. Who knew?