Dish Soap – Apricot vs Lemon Verbena Dish Soap: which is safer?
ECOS Dish Soap – Apricot is our pick, better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
Our pick
Ecos
Dish Soap – Apricot
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleFragrance allergens (botanical origin)
PossibleSkin irritation from surfactant residue
Mrs. Meyer's Clean Day
Lemon Verbena Dish Soap
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleFragrance allergens (lemon verbena essential oil)
ReportedEye and mucous membrane irritation from surfactants
PossibleDermal irritation from repeated contact without rinsing
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Fragrance allergens (botanical origin) and Skin irritation from surfactant residue on the Ecos and not on the Mrs. Meyer's Clean Day.
- We flag Fragrance allergens (lemon verbena essential oil), Eye and mucous membrane irritation from surfactants, Dermal irritation from repeated contact without rinsing and Aquatic toxicity from surfactant residues on the Mrs. Meyer's Clean Day and not on the Ecos.
- The Ecos is plant-derived surfactants, water, botanical extracts where the Mrs. Meyer's Clean Day is water, plant-derived surfactants, essential oil, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- These two are level, close enough that price and fit should decide it rather than our grade.
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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