r/nontoxic

Moving my 22mo into her first bed. What sheets have y’all found to be the softest/most comfortable natural option?

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I’m looking at switching my period products. I’ve worn tampons for the longest time, but I don’t feel comfortable w/ the waste and toxins in them. I never realized how bad they were and often used them out of convenience, but traveling in Asia and noticing *barely* any stores even carry them, was a wake up call!

I’ve been considering period undies, the cup, and even just pads. Ideally want to reduce toxins and plastic I’m exposed to for overall fertility health, but the environmental burden of one-tiem use products is also on my mind.

I’m aware some cups are medical grade silicon and therefore safer, but I have an IUD so it’s not necessarily my first choice. Jw what other ladies are using!

My current research is mostly about the resistors which are manufactured from green or reused materials and how frequently these types of resistors can actually be found in electronic devices. For instance, while I was visiting Alibaba and some other electronic parts selling platforms, I saw some descriptions stating lead-free construction, recycled metals, and even environmentally-friendly manufacturing. Yet, it is very seldom evident how A lot they are different from the regular resistors. Most of what I know about traditional resistors leads me to believe that they are quite simple components. But, apparently there are some initiatives towards the use of recycled metals, minimization of toxic materials, and adoption of sustainable production methods in the area of general electronics design. Besides, I came across some references to the use of organic or carbon-based resistor types which can cause a lesser environmental impact given a situation. I wonder how extensively these types of resistors are used in our daily lives. Is it that those who create electronics and those who import components tend to use the eco-friendly resistors or rather these are still niche options? I am eager to get replies from people involved in actual projects or supply chains.

I’m in Canada (toronto) I’m looking to get a new water filter as I have been drinking tap water. I’m thinking if investing in a Berkey as I read they are top of the line. Is that true? Are there any better ones / more cost effective? Right now I’m looking at the Imperial one as my family consumes lots of water!
TIA

I've been seeing a lot of ads for Grove Collaborative and curious to get feedback from those who have used it. If you've used it can you please comment with your experience? If you don't like it where do you prefer to shop?

Hello! I am new to trying to live a more non toxic lifestyle. I am currently using the Dr. Bronner's Pure-Castile Magic Bar Soap Baby Unscented and their citrus hair rinse for my shampoo but my hair feels almost waxy ? Is this just a detox period that I have to get though? I am also looking for other shampoo and conditioner recommendations however I would prefer a bar format as I’m trying to minimize plastic as well. TYIA!

Has anyone ordered from this company before?? I am eyeing a couple of their sports bras/cropped camis but I can’t seem to find many reviews of them on Reddit or TikTok and they aren’t super cheap and only do exchanges so I just wanted to ask if anyone else had ordered from them before!

Currently shave with the flamingo razor with a lubricant strip and some stainless steel blade razor without the strip.

I haven’t found hair removal options that actually work well. I feel like I can’t get a close shave on even my legs.

Is there a nair like product that isn’t poison? Or razors with multiple blades and non tox strips?

It's getting to the point where I have to return 90% of what I buy from Amazon, Target, Costco or Walmart because everything smells so strongly of tide and downy (or Gain!). I am so sick of Downy Butt contaminating everything from vitamins to new clothes. P&G changed all their detergents and fabric softeners in 2025 to make the scents much stronger, and now everything their laundry products are stored near just plain stinks.

I'm a caregiver to a person who is remote and home bound, so we have to use these major retailers. I can't shop elsewhere for everything, these are my main or only choices. CVS and Walgreens have also become problematic, everything from there smells and tastes like laundry products. It's so gross! No way is this safe. We are not supposed to eat laundry detergent, and I don't want to eat food that tastes like laundry detergent either.

The fragrance contamination doesn't wash out of brand new fabrics, even after weeks of trying everything. We are fragrance free because we all have asthma... One in twelve people does too. Plus tons of people have allergies, MCS, autism, Lyme, and other medical conditions and disabilities that cause severe fragrance intolerance are affected. These are not small groups of people.

It's crazy that we can't get anything from any of these major retailers now because of these intense laundry smells, and they don't go away or air out, even with time.

We are getting asthma attacks when we open most amazon (or target, walmart, even costco) packages, the smell is so strong and doesn't air out. I wish all these major retailers would refuse to sell tide, downy, and gain because those products now make everything stored near them stink and taste like chemicals. Nothing gets these smells out now!

Costco used to be safest, but now they sell so many of these laundry scent beads and scented laundry products that everything really reeks. It's not fair to have new things arrive already smelling contaminated like Downy Butt. Nasty!

I plan on purchasing a bissell big green here in the near future because unfortunately basically our whole house is carpet and it’s pretty gross and stained up. i’m wondering what are the crunchies doing for carpet cleaner because i definitely don’t want to use bissell soap but i also need my carpets so thoroughly cleaned from my 3 boys crazy messes and potty training accidents and whatnot. help ?

Hi all!!

I’m on the hunt for a new robe - mid length, cute looking. Silk or 100% cotton - ideally GOTS certified cotton or OEKO-TEX.

Any brands or specific products that you recommend? TIA

TW: abortion

I need advice on what is the most natural / least harmful / least toxic abortion option esp. as I am still breast-feeding a 1.5 year old (who also eats solids but has breastmilk every 2-4 hours and overnight to comfort back to sleep). I don’t want to be talked out of this. I am already devastated that I need to do this, I cannot take more guilt, judgment, preaching, criticism, etc. I’m hard enough on myself about it.

I only now need to decide which is the most natural / least harmful of the following two abortion options available to me:

Option 1: medical abortion at home, where you take mifepristone and 24 to 48 hours later you take misoprostol and you basically bleed out the baby.

Option 2: in office option where you have to take antibiotics, pain medications, anti-anxiety relaxants like Ativan / lorexopan, then they put lidocaine on your cervix and put a tool through through, and suction all the tissue out.

The first one felt like a more natural option because women report that it feels more like a natural miscarriage and I don’t want anyone probing through my body and I certainly don’t want to take antibiotics that in the past messed up my microbiome, and most likely led to a very serious digestive issue which I suffered from for several years.

But these two pills may be disastrous and too systemic /unsafe for my nursing baby. Is there 100% proven evidence that this will not negatively harm my 1.5 year old who I am still breast-feeding? Of course the conventional medical system never wants to commit to that. Risk is on you!

I asked what type of antibiotic is given and at what dosage but I haven’t heard back yet. I asked if I can take natural antibiotics and apparently there is no flexibility on this.

I will only be about 6 weeks pregnant during the procedure so it’s just like a tadpole at this stage but I also wonder if there’s any possibility of pain and if so, which would be less for the embryo. Some research says I believe pain starts at 9 weeks, but really, how do they know? So I would want the method where their death is more instant.

I almost wish there was some kind of natural herbs I could take at home to just do this entirely on my own, which would also bypass the required ultrasound which I hate to do, but I don’t know if I want to mess with that when it comes to something this serious.

I also read that the chance of breast cancer goes up with abortions, but that could be because there’s extra breast cells created that don’t have a job anymore, I don’t think that applies in my case since I’m breast-feeding.

My friend said she did both options and that the first option was way more painful, like as if she was in actual labor for like four hours, but she thinks that her situation might be specific, like something getting stuck maybe. In general, it seems like a foreign object being inserted into your body unnaturally (like without a natural cervix dilation process) has a much higher risk, but I don’t know, I’m just confused at this point.

Thank you very much for the guidance.

Starting to swap out my closet slowly and starting with the really important basics like underwear and bras, and having a really hard time finding what I’m looking for - I normally just wear a cropped Cami type sports bra because I have a pretty active job but I can’t find anything with any sort of padding or enough layering where you can’t tell if it’s cold at work if you know what I mean lol. Has anyone had any luck finding any sort of padded cropped tank top or sports bra?

Any opinions on CiCLO fabric? I’ve seen some athletic wear companies using it. It’s supposed to transform synthetic fibers to decompose like natural fibers. I can’t tell if it’s Greenwashing or the science is legit.

I’m having a difficult time finding athletic wear that is easy to wash and helps pull moisture away from the body, unlike cotton which stays wet for hours. I know convenience doesn’t often line up with what’s best for the environment or our bodies, but it sure would be nice if it could.