Last Updated on April 14, 2025 by NonToxicSwaps
Switch to one of these non toxic dish soap brands to keep your dishes free of chemical ingredient residue.
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Ingredients to Avoid in Conventional Dish Soap
- Fragrance/Parfum: umbrella term including hundreds of toxins, including hormone disrupting phthalates, as well as skin irritants and allergens. Chemicals that are hidden behind this term can be carcinogenic, respiratory irritants, endocrine disruptors, reproductive toxins, neurotoxins, and more (PMID: 35669814)
- Methylisothiazolinone: eyes, skin & respiratory irritant/allergen, linked to allergic contact dermatitis, potential neurotoxicant (PubChem CID: 39800)
- Benzisothiazoline: harmful if swallowed, potential skin allergen, eye irritant, toxic to aquatic life (PubChem CID: 17520)
- Cocamidopropyl betaine: eye irritant, developmental toxicity observed in animal studies, linked to contact dermatitis (PubChem ID: 20280), potentially contaminated with nitrosamines (carcinogen)
- Ethoxylated ingredients (PEGs, PPGs, polysorbates, ceteareth, phenoxyethanol): ethoxylation process produces ethylene oxide, a carcinogen and developmental toxin (PubChem CID: 6354) and 1,4-dioxane, a suspected carcinogen (PubChem CID: 31275)
- Dyes: can be carcinogenic, genotoxic and offer no benefit to the product other than color (example: Red 40, Blue 1, Yellow 5) (PMID: 23026007)
- Polyethylene glycols (PEGs): ethoxylated ingredient that may be contaminated with 1,4 dioxane and ethylene oxide (see above for ethoxylated ingredient description)
- and more!
Best Non Toxic Dish Soap Brands
Liquid
- Dr. Bronner's
- Better Life
- Clean Roots
- Rowe Casa
- Vermont Soap Co
Solid
- Meliora Dish Soap Bar
- Earthley Dish Soap Bar
- Mama Suds
Check out more Non Toxic Swaps recommendations in the guides below:
NON TOXIC PERSONAL CARE GUIDES
- Toothpaste
- Hand Lotion
- Deodorant
- Men's Deodorant
- Body Lotion
- Body Wash
- Bar Soap
- Natural Remedies for Mosquito Bites
- Non Toxic Valentines’ Day Self Care Guide
Hair Care
Skin Care
NON TOXIC HOME GUIDES
NON TOXIC MAKEUP GUIDES
NON TOXIC BABY GUIDES
- Baby Laundry Detergent
- Baby Wash
- Baby Sunscreen
- Baby Diapers
- Baby Wipes
- Baby Lotion
- Baby Safe Paint for Cribs
- Eczema Cream for Babies & Kids