Study Proves Not All Green Products are Really Green

A recent study delivered at the American Chemical Society (ACS) organized 241st National Meeting & Exposition by Cara A.M. Bondi and her colleagues cracked the fabled myth about green products.

The research disclosed that the components utilized in most of the so called green products also contained petroleum as source instead of 100% plant-based sources. For the purpose of the research, the team utilized a variant of the carbon-14 dating technique normally applied in determining the carbon level in the cloth, bone and other artifacts unearthed from ancient sites.

The research team has reported their analysis performed over a number of hand washes, liquid laundry detergents and liquids utilized for dishwashing samples. The green product samples tested for the purpose have proved a notable difference in the mentioned plant-based carbon contents and it ranged from 28%-97% in hand washes, 43%-95% in dishwashing liquids and from 28%-94% in liquid laundry detergents. The research also found that product with ‘green’ label had 50% or more plant- based carbons than the products without such claim. The research also pointed out the conflicting claims such as a ‘petrochemical free’ product contained  only 69% of plant -based carbons and the rest of 31% from petrol deduced carbons.