Dawn - What are the Ingredients? The Company Won't Say what the Surfactants are

only states it has biodegradable anionic and nonionic surfactants and no phosphate.

They won't say what's in it other than that!

http://www.sdahq.org/dishwash/dishwash.pdf

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----- Original Message ----- NEVER MIND _ FOUND! 1-30-03 *
From: <homemadesimple@custhelp.com>
To: <realhelp@alaska.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 4:13 AM
Subject: [Inquiry 030113-000034] Thanks for contacting us.

Response (Karen) - 01/15/2003 08:13 AM
Thanks for your message, Margaret.

We're sorry to disappoint you but ingredient information beyond that
provided on the label is considered proprietary and isn't shared outside the
Company.

You may want to visit the Soap & Detergent Association's website at
http://www.sdahq.org/ They provide a list of general ingredients commonly
used in hand dishwashing products. Once you arrive at their site, choose
Dishwashing, Fact Sheet Notebook, then Hand Dishwashing Products. Scroll
down the page a bit and you will find the ingredient list.

Another helpful site to visit would be www.pg.com and look for product
information.

Karen
USA Dawn Team

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P.S. All you have to do is request an MSDS and any hazardous ingredients
will be listed. Of course food coloring, percentage of non-hazardous
ingredients etc. do not need to be mentioned. The main hazard of Dawn is
its high pH which makes it clean better. Do not wash a pet in Dawn!

Dawn and other high pH surfactants are hard on the skin. Yes, I know they
used it and they also use it still to wash show-cats, but it removes their
natural microflora and makes their skin more sensitive to pick up disease,
like fungus.

I have created a new shampoo, with a low pH, that uses microbes as grease degraders and for petroleum grease, I could include hydrocarbon grease degrading strains to eat the petroleum oil. It would not be as fast as a harsh chemical, but it would work better and be safer. They would have to wrap the sea otter (tranquilized) in a garbage bag to keep the shampoo on them and wrap that in a towel to keep them from getting a chill, but it would be healthier.

My shampoo may be put on the market in a few years, once I am totally satisfied with it, but all the people who have tried it, both to wash their own hair and to was dogs and cats, love it. I used coconut based surfactant mixed with yucca schidigera for soap and use glycerine to soothe the skin, a mix of herbs for shine, coat texture and easy rinsablility, aloe vera to soothe the skin and create more shine, and also microbes to degrade grease, fatty acids (that stink on dogs) and general odor degrading microbes. It could easily be adapted by adding the microbes from CF 5100 (but not the chemical ingredients) for a kinder to the skin performance. The microbes left behind will keep the pet odor free longer and will protect the skin, just like the natural flora on the skin before bathing.

Did you know that using Dial soap makes your skin more susceptible to disease because it kills the good bugs that protect you? So many people think that being disinfected makes us healthier, but in truth it does not.
Cleaning your skin every two days without using any biocides is the safest and cleanest way to smell better. Allow the microflora that protects you to keep you clean. I found that showcats washed with microbes instead of biocides in their shampoo got sick less often and never picked up fungus.