OMM 12: Navigating ‘Non-Toxic’ Part 2 – Lists and Products

A continuation of the clean living, non-toxic conversation. For previous shows leading up to today’s in-depth brand and product list, listen here: ATC 357: Non-Toxic Insanity, How to Keep Your Cool and Healthy Balance + Budget Around Clean Living OMM 11: Navigating ‘Non-toxic’ Part 1 Everything on our list can be found (ongoing, forever) at […]

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A continuation of the clean living, non-toxic conversation. For previous shows leading up to today’s in-depth brand and product list, listen here:

ATC 357: Non-Toxic Insanity, How to Keep Your Cool and Healthy Balance + Budget Around Clean Living

OMM 11: Navigating ‘Non-toxic’ Part 1

Everything on our list can be found (ongoing, forever) at enduranceplanet.com/shop/products, and everything we’ve included are brands and products we own and use in our home and for our family. It will be an evolving list and it’s certainly not exhaustive, these are just some examples and things we have come to use and like. Check back for deals and shop through us to support the show! Some affiliate links included.

Cleaning Products

All-purpose sprays; multi-surface:

Branch Basics
Thieves
Aunt Fannie’s Cleaning Vinegar
Meliora
Glass spray bottles for mixing concentrate cleaning solution with distilled water
Dirty jobs: Seventh generation disinfecting spray but trying to get away from this and mostly trusting we don’t need to always sanitize and disinfect!

Clothing & washer/dryer:

Molly’s Suds 
Molly’s Suds stain remover 
Distilled white vinegar
Baking Soda
Biokleen Oxy Bleach Plus
Branch Basics Oxygen Boost
Biokleen Bac-Out stain and odor remover—for very dirty stinky jobs only

Cleaning washer:

Washing Soda
Borax
Baking Soda
Branch Basics Oxygen Boost 

Dishes/kitchen:

Planet
Ecover zero
Molly’s Suds
Biokleen dish powder
Rosesy dishwasher detergent

All-around/DIY:

Distilled white vinegar
Baking Soda
Hydrogen peroxide
Many simple recipes to make yourself using these basics

Handsoap:

Bronner’s Organic Sugar Soap
Everyone
Bar soap  

Other:

Microbalance ec3 mold solution and laundry additive as needed /special circumstances

Personal Care – Skincare, Makeup, Oral, Kids, etc.

Avoid: parabens, phthalates, fragrance (essential oils are generally ok), petroleum/mineral oil, aluminum, PFAS/PFCs/PFOAs, PEGs, to name a few big ones.  
Makeup:

Ilia
Alima Pure
Good resource for online shopping beauty is Roots Beauty

Skincare:

DIME Beauty—pregnancy safe, has rewards program and deals

Shampoo /conditioner:

Under Luna—their Luna Clear safe for all ages (from babies up) and in our family we share. A little goes a long way and it lasts for a long time!

Soap:

Bronner’s—however, castile soap like in bronners can be drying and more harsh on skin; tend to avoid regular use especially in winter
Goat milk-based soap—we like Bend Soap Co
Probiotic soaps—we’ve tried clearwatercultures.com

Skin, balms, salves and lips:

Badger Balm

Lip balm I love

Earth Mama—safe products such as sensitive skin sunscreen and nipple butter (which we now use as a balm/salve and in place of vaseline). 
Motherlove—like Earth Mama, lots  of non-toxic, clean safe products for pregnancy, postpartum, mama and baby.

Deodorants—Aluminum free natural:

Native
Crystal
TOMS

Lotions:

Bronner’s—uses coconut oil; I like to avoid seed oils in lotions

Toothpaste/Oral care

Primal Life Organics

Toothbrushes: We also have their electric toothbrushes and charcoal bristle bamboo toothbrushes, both of which are great for kids too!

Bronner’s
Biocidin Botanicals Dentalcidin—available on Fullscript with our exclusive discount
Designs for Health PerioBiotic Silver—available on Fullscript with out exclusive discount
Young Living Thieves

Kitchen, Cookware and Food Storage

Cooking: 

Stainless steel—pots, pans, cookie sheets and muffin tins

All-Clad
Calphalon

Ceramic

Xtrema—we got their 10 quart pot to replace a crockpot

Enameled cast iron

Le Crueset Dutch oven

Cast iron
Glass pyrex

Great for non-toxic baking

Loaf pans

We have glass, cast iron, SS (we use a variety)

Food storage, accessories, cups, etc

Glass

Snapware, yes they have plastic lids but not worrying about it
Pyrex for cooking and storage (larger volume meals, etc)

Stainless steel

Munchkin —for kids snack cups, drinking cups
Hydroflask—SS drinkware (too many athletes use plastic too often!)

my fave water bottle for everywhere I go (and I’ve tried a lot of bottles through the years)
Kids bottles are great and well-made

Yeti—another option for SS drinkware

my all-time fave coffee mug for home and travel
Jr bottle is also something we have and love

PlanetBox

We have the Rover classic

Bentgo

We have the kids stainless steel box and use interchangeably with Planetbox

JaceBox

SS food storage that we bought during our vanlife era when glass was too heavy and bulky

Kitchen Aid accessories

Often they include aluminum or paint-coated with appliances, we upgraded to SS for our stand mixer, which is something we use all the time

Silicone, natural wood, bamboo—great non-toxic alternatives to plastic and when you prefer to avoid SS or breakable/fragile materials.

Kitchen utensils, eg tongs, spatula, wood spoon/spatula
Baby/toddler plates (wee sprout)
Baby feeding sets
Storage, lids, etc.
Salt container
Fruit bowls
Molds
Even baking!

SodaStream—DIY carbonated water with glass bottles
Mason jars

We use these for everything! All shapes and sizes (wide-mouth preferred); big glass jugs for bulk storage, liquids, general drinking glasses, etc. 

Water

Aquasana shower filter
Drinking water (options we’ve used or are considering):

Premier RO system
SpringAqua
Pristine Hydro

Home Goods & Healthy Home Environment

A Healthier Home by Shawna Holman
Look for OEKO-TEX label for cleaner items that have been tested for and are free of harmful substances

There are different levels and categories of this but it’s overall becoming more widely prevalent making non-toxic more mainstream and accessible

GOTS for top of the line
Natural materials like wool, cotton (over synthetics, polyester, etc)
Air filters:

Air Doctor

Rugs—try to get those without backing, made with more natural fibers (e.g. cotton, wool, jute)

Avoid

Air fresheners, plug-in air fresheners
Scented candles, go for beeswax and if needing scent EOs
Plastic liners in crockpots or cooking anything
Foil—use parchment paper instead, good for baking up to 420-450 deg F; or butcher paper
Plastic wraps, try beeswax wrap!

This list will be updated as needed here.

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