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November 24, 2018 - The Ecologist

Imagine how many Scuba Divers everyday using the Harmful Toxic Shampoo to clear, clean and rinse their Scuba masks, using sea water or to rinse it before each dive underwater. 

Little do we know that such Shampoos, if using the wrong ones, rinse into the sea waters, can cause pollution of the seas, oceans, lake or water bodies. 

If marine animals accidentally take in the shampoo, soap contents and its toxic, can also kill them too! 

- Also, do not dispose used empty shampoo and conditioners plastics bottles into the seas and oceans as well.. 

All are surfactant, pollutant and paraben free but which Eco shampoo is best? 

Much has been said and written about surfactants in shower gels and dodgy colourings in lipstick, but one beauty product that is commonly overlooked is shampoo. 

But shampoo and other haircare products are one of the beauty industry’s biggest earners, with some to be found in every bathroom in the country. 

Not surprisingly, annual sales figures are impressive, with haircare worth around £712 million a year, 41 per cent of which comes from shampoo.

But despite being a daily essential, shampoos are also among the worst offenders when it comes to toxins and synthetics.

Most high street brands contain sodium laurel sulphate - a chemical considered by the industry to be a gentle cleanser for skin and hair. 

And it is gentle in small doses but in high concentrations can inflame the skin, produce allergic reactions and dry out the scalp. 

Worse, it is also a persistent pollutant that has been previously used as a pesticide that when released into waterways can be extremely toxic to marine life. What’s more, many of the cheaper brands are packed with preservative parabens and industrial detergents containing surfactants. 

Luckily, there are healthier, greener products on the market, with numerous organic brands producing eco-friendly shampoos and conditioners. 

Much has been said and written about surfactants in shower gels and dodgy colourings in lipstick, but one beauty product that is commonly overlooked is shampoo. 

But shampoo and other haircare products are one of the beauty industry’s biggest earners, with some to be found in every bathroom in the country. 

Not surprisingly, annual sales figures are impressive, with haircare worth around £712 million a year, 41 per cent of which comes from shampoo.

But despite being a daily essential, shampoos are also among the worst offenders when it comes to toxins and synthetics.

Most high street brands contain sodium laurel sulphate - a chemical considered by the industry to be a gentle cleanser for skin and hair. 

And it is gentle in small doses but in high concentrations can inflame the skin, produce allergic reactions and dry out the scalp. 

Worse, it is also a persistent pollutant that has been previously used as a pesticide that when released into waterways can be extremely toxic to marine life. What’s more, many of the cheaper brands are packed with preservative parabens and industrial detergents containing surfactants. 

Luckily, there are healthier, greener products on the market, with numerous organic brands producing eco-friendly shampoos and conditioners.