Cleaning Concentrate vs All Purpose Cleaner: which is safer?
Seventh Generation All Purpose Cleaner is our pick, better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
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
Our pick
Seventh Generation
All Purpose Cleaner
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleSkin irritation from surfactants
PossibleEye contact irritation
Where these two actually differ
- 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 Seventh Generation.
- We flag Skin irritation from surfactants and Eye contact irritation on the Seventh Generation and not on the Force of Nature.
- The Force of Nature is Hypochlorous acid electrochemical solution where the Seventh Generation is water, plant-derived surfactants, mineral salts, 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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