Does Dental Floss Contain PFAS?
One lab recorded the highest organic fluorine it had ever seen in a consumer product, and it was a spool of floss. The brand has since reformulated. Here’s what the research actually shows.
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Do Cleaning Products Have to List Their Ingredients?
Your toothpaste is legally required to list every ingredient. Your bathroom disinfectant is required to list none, and California specifically excused it.
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Does Vinegar Actually Disinfect?
Vinegar kills drug-resistant tuberculosis in half an hour. It does nothing at all to the norovirus surrogate. Guess which one you bought it for.
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Does Hypochlorous Acid Actually Disinfect?
It’s the chemical your own immune system makes, it’s on EPA-approved labels, and a smear of grease can wipe out its active ingredient completely.
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What Does “Compostable” Actually Mean on Packaging?
The good news is that certified compostable packaging really does break down. The bad news is where it almost certainly isn’t going.
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Who Owns Birch Mattress? The Answer Is a Private Equity Firm
Birch sells organic, non-toxic mattresses. Its owner is Cerberus Capital Management, the firm behind Remington and the Steward Health Care collapse. Here’s the full picture.
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Is Food-Grade Silicone Safe? The Honest Answer
Silicone is the default zero-waste swap for plastic wrap and bakeware. The research on what it releases is more interesting than either side of the argument admits.
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Do Plastic Cutting Boards Shed Microplastics Into Your Food?
A 2023 study put numbers on what your knife does to a plastic board, and the numbers are large. The same paper ran a toxicity test that came back clean. Both halves are true.
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Why Do Mattresses Contain Fiberglass?
A federal fire rule, a cheap way to pass it, and a warning label that most people read as a suggestion. Here’s why the glass is in there and how to find out if yours has it.
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Is CertiPUR-US Actually Meaningful?
The foam certification everyone calls an industry rubber stamp. We read the standard. The real problem isn’t fraud, and it isn’t the half people complain about.
