The Home Detox Company · Bathroom

Your Bathroom Detox

Steam, daily contact, every morning. The bathroom has the highest plastic-density of any room in the house. And the highest churn rate, because most bathroom items get replaced every few months. Seven swaps.

The worst offenders in this room.

01
PVC shower curtain liners
Off-gas phthalates and VOCs (the chemical smell when new is real). Steam accelerates the breakdown. Every shower is a small dose of inhaled and skin-absorbed plasticizers.
02
Plastic-tube toothpaste
Most major brands ship in plastic tubes with uncertain BPA-alternative chemistry in the tube linings. Twice-a-day, into-mouth contact for years.
03
Synthetic toothbrushes
Nylon bristles shed plastic into the mouth every brush. Replaced every three months. That's the highest-churn plastic in the bathroom.
04
Plastic-applicator tampons
Applicator plastic is one issue; PFAS contamination in major synthetic period products is the bigger one (Thinx settled a class-action in 2023).
05
Plastic floss in plastic dispensers
Synthetic thread coated in plastic, in a plastic dispenser, used and discarded daily.
06
Polyester bath rugs
Microfiber shedding under bare feet on a damp surface; the rug literally sheds into the room every step.
07
Plastic-pump soap dispensers
Refill packaging plus a degrading pump mechanism. The pump is the part that fails first and gets thrown out.

What to use instead.

Seven products that retire the items above. Linen shower curtain, two toothpaste options, two toothbrush options, the menstrual cup that ends the applicator question, compostable floss.