Do you ever wonder why?

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Everything is a chemical; even water.

Toxic chemicals, on the other hand, are being phased out. It takes a lot of research and development (R&D) to find an alternative chemical that will do the job and still keep consumer prices down. It takes time.

Because they would be more expensive to make and there are so many out there who don't believe anything can be clean without the chemicals and smell! My sister is one of them as were many who I worked with. I use a steam cleaner for nearly all cleaning and natural cleaners for some things and so many criticized me and insisted I wasn't getting things clean since I used no smelly harsh cleaners. When you can find toxic cleaners at the dollar stores many many would not pay more for safer cleaners. It surprised me how many with young children thought this way!!

No, I don't really wonder about this because I don't ascribe to the myth that chemicals are necessarily bad. If a chemical is PROVED to be toxic above a certain level, then it should either be banned or at least come with a warning.

Chemical and toxic chemical are two different things, as others above have noted. Everything we encounter in life involves chemicals and chemistry; toxic is something different altogether. People who don't know better often assume chemistry means something negative.

It might be cheaper to make it like that.

I only use chemical free all purpose cleansers on my floors and countertops. I have a cat so I don't want her breathing in chemicals by her food bowls in the kitchen. You have a point about cosmetics but it's probably very costly but I do believe they could start slowly.

No, but I do wonder why people can't put what is they really are talking about in their thread titles. This makes people click on threads they otherwise might have skipped, and wastes their time.

CeeCee

On 11/16/2014 Johnnyeager said:

Chemical and toxic chemical are two different things, as others above have noted. Everything we encounter in life involves chemicals and chemistry; toxic is something different altogether. People who don't know better often assume chemistry means something negative.

Yup........and there's plenty of "natural" stuff that's toxic, too!