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- November 18, 2009
What is the difference between an active ingredient and all other ingredients?
Dear Deborah, There are two meanings of the term "active ingredient". In our products, when we refer to "active ingredients" we mean the ingredients that are doing the main work of the product's intended use. For example, in our dish liquid the plant-derived cleaning agents are doing the work to clean the dishes and are therefore what we consider the active ingredients. In EPA-registered surface disinfectants and sanitizers the active ingredient is what kills the germs.
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laurencdawson writes:I recently purchased a country home with well water and a septic system. We had the water tested for bacteria and it has tested negative several times.
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skeefe writes:How effective is non-chlorine bleach as a disinfectant? If it isn't, what green product would you recommend?
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greenstep writes:are the more eco friendly laundry washing chemical options good? do they work well compared to there not so green competition? does using the eco product mean you suffer in the quality of the wash?
Martin "Scienceman" Wolf, Director of Product & Environmental Technology, is responsible for product design at Seventh Generation. Prior to joining Seventh Generation Mr. Wolf was CEO of Cellutech LLC, a venture-funded research and development company involved in developing commercial applications for by-products of the wood pulping industry, and before that, President of Cambridge Analytical Associates, Inc., an environmental analysis laboratory and consultancy. Mr. Wolf has over 30 years experience in environmental product design and evaluation, environmental chemical analysis, and environmental life cycle inventories. He holds an M.S. in Chemistry from Yeshiva University (New York) and a B.S. in Chemistry from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Massachusetts).
