We Hold Ourselves to the Highest Standard

For over 181 years, your safety and the safety of your world has been at the heart of what we do. That’s why we have a team of more than 500 scientists and professionals and a rigorous safety process to analyze every ingredient—before we ever consider putting it in one of our products.

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Ingredients We Do Not Use

Here is a list of some of the most common materials we get asked about that we do not use as ingredients in any of our formulated products (health care, skin and personal cleansing, hair care, laundry, home care, and oral care):

• Alkylphenols and alkylphenol ethoxylates
• Benzene
• Bisphenol A (not in formulas*)
• Heavy metals: Arsenic, Lead, Chromium VI, Mercury, Cadmium, Nickel
• Microbeads
• Organotins (TBT, DBT, MBT, DOT)
• PVC (not in formulas*)
• PAHs (Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) PCBs (Polychlorinated biphenyls) Phthalates**
• Triclosan
• Triclocarban**

We have strict product safety limits in place when any of these materials could be found in tiny amounts due to their natural (or background) presence in water, the environment, or as part of the manufacturing process.