All Purpose Cleaner vs Cleaning Concentrate: which is safer?
Force of Nature Cleaning Concentrate is our pick, better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
Clorox
All Purpose Cleaner
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleSurfactant skin and eye irritation
PossibleFragrance allergens
ReportedChemical reactivity if mixed
Our pick
Force of Nature
Cleaning Concentrate
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleOxidizer / skin and eye irritation
PossibleBacterial contamination in product storage
LikelyChlorine gas formation if mixed with incompatible cleaners
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Surfactant skin and eye irritation, Fragrance allergens and Chemical reactivity if mixed on the Clorox and not on the Force of Nature.
- We flag Oxidizer / skin and eye irritation, Bacterial contamination in product storage and Chlorine gas formation if mixed with incompatible cleaners on the Force of Nature and not on the Clorox.
- The Clorox is Water-based aqueous cleaning concentrate where the Force of Nature is Hypochlorous acid electrochemical solution, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 25 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Force of Nature is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the Clorox grade, at 45% confidence against 92%, because it discloses less.
Both products run through the same public rubric, which covers materials, coatings, brand disclosure, lab findings, and recalls, plus a beyond-PFAS hazard analysis. Grades are model-based estimates, not lab tests. How grades work →
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