Clean sweep

Vegetarian Times, August, 2002

Hats off to Mountain Green, the Scottsdale, Arizona, maker of earth-friendly laundry detergents, fabric softeners, dish soap, all-purpose degreaser and streak-free glass cleaner. Rather than wait for the Food and Drug Administration to ban the popular, coconut-derived foaming agent--cocamide DEA--that may be carcinogenic, the company has voluntarily reformulated its laundry detergent and dishwashing liquid to remove the offending substance.

"By taking cocamide DEA out of our products voluntarily, we took a bit of a financial hit on this," says lone Cattroll, one of Mountain Green's owners." But ethically, it was the right thing to do." Mountain Green products were already free of phosphates and other chemicals, artificial dyes and artificial fragrances. For more information, visit www.mtngreen.com