Skin Deep Cosmetics Database
Skin Deep is a safety guide to cosmetics and personal care products. You can see how Herbaliz and your other favorite products rate. ewg.org/skindeep/
Green America
Green America is a national nonprofit consumer organization, promoting environmental sustainability, social justice, and economic justice. Herbaliz is now a Green America Approved Business! greenamerica.org
Environmental Working Group
EWG is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to protecting human health and the environment. The Environmental Working Group’s mission is to empower people to live healthier lives in a healthier environment with breakthrough research and education, to drive consumer choice and civic action. ewg.org
The Natural Ingredient Resource Center
The NIRC was founded to help consumers, manufacturers and retailers, focusing on natural personal care products for the home and family, to learn more about the natural ingredients in the products they buy, make or sell. naturalingredient.org
The National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy (NAHA)
NAHA is an educational, nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing public awareness of the benefits of true aromatherapy. NAHA's mission is to advance the knowledge of the medicinal use of aromatic plants and essential oils to its fullest extent and to support aromatherapy as a truly holistic professional art and science. naha.org
What the government/FDA has to say:
This site provides information about what cosmetic labels can say and what they must say, what label claims mean, and information on legal, regulatory, enforcement, and policy issues related to cosmetics. www.fda.gov/Cosmetics
PETA's Beauty Without Bunnies
PETA's Caring Consumer program helps consumers identify companies that don't test their products on animals and products that are cruelty free. Look for the cruelty free bunny. peta.org
Dreamstime
Dreamstime is the source of many of the photos on our site. They have a superb collection, good search tools and help new photographers get started. Some of our favorite photographers include margo555, Jinlide, Milosluz, Verastuchelova, Rookie72, Iwka and Pipa100. When we learn how to give credit for specific photos, we'll start doing so, because this is not an all-inclusive list. dreamstime.com/
Beyond Pesticides
Beyond Pesticides provides the public with useful information on pesticides (including triclosan) and alternatives to their use. beyond pesticides.org
United Plant Savers
United Plant Savers' mission is to protect native medicinal plants of the United States and Canada and their native habitat while ensuring an abundant renewable supply of medicinal plants for generations to come. unitedplantsavers.org/