By Dr. Johanna Congleton, Toxicologist, Environmental Working Group

As EWG’s toxicologist, I was one of the lead researchers behind EWG’s brand new Guide to Healthy Cleaning. As you can imagine, I was troubled to find that many cleaning products contain harmful ingredients and that companies aren’t required to disclose these ingredients on the label. So my colleagues and I went to work.

We built the first-of-its-kind interactive, online guide that rates over 2,000 household cleaners. The scoring system considers both safety of ingredients and disclosure of contents – essential when you are trying to make the right choice for you and your family.

How do your products rate?

Click here to see our top products page, look up your cleaners and find safer ones. It might shock you to see how few good options are out there.

It took our team more than a year to develop this new interactive guide. We scoured safety information and scientific research for every ingredient and jumped through hoops to uncover cleaning formulations so you don’t have to.

Many cleaning products contain ingredients that are known to harm or irritate the lungs or trigger asthma. Some contain ingredients or contaminants linked to cancer. You may not know that by looking at the label. That’s why I was so excited to be part of the team that developed EWG’s Guide to Healthy Cleaning.

I hope this new guide helps you make more informed choices at the store.