Free & Clear Power Wash Pear Scent Refill vs Dish Soap – Apricot: which is safer?
ECOS Dish Soap – Apricot is our pick, better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
Dawn
Free & Clear Power Wash Pear Scent Refill
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleFragrance allergens (residual pear scent compounds)
PossiblePreservative sensitivity (formaldehyde releasers or quaternary ammonium)
ReportedSurfactant skin/eye irritation (residual on hands or splashing)
Our pick
Ecos
Dish Soap – Apricot
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleFragrance allergens (botanical origin)
PossibleSkin irritation from surfactant residue
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Fragrance allergens (residual pear scent compounds), Preservative sensitivity (formaldehyde releasers or quaternary ammonium), Surfactant skin/eye irritation (residual on hands or splashing) and Acute ingestion risk (children or pets) on the Dawn and not on the Ecos.
- We flag Fragrance allergens (botanical origin) and Skin irritation from surfactant residue on the Ecos and not on the Dawn.
- The Dawn is water, anionic/nonionic surfactants, fragrance, preservatives where the Ecos is plant-derived surfactants, water, botanical extracts, 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 Ecos is the one to buy.
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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