Check a label
Paste an ingredient list, or take a photo of the label. You get a calm overall assessment, the reasons, the ingredients worth knowing, and a gentler swap where one helps. It looks for known or suspected endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs).
How the verdict works
Every answer follows the same simple, careful rules:
- 🔴 Swap soon when the product contains a substance identified as an endocrine disruptor at EU level (EU List I) and it stays on your skin or touches food. If you have not chosen a product type, we take the more careful reading.
- 🟡 Replace when practical when an EU List I substance is in something you rinse off or a household product; or there is a substance identified by a national authority (EU List III); or one that is suspected or under evaluation; or an undisclosed “parfum”, “fragrance” or “perfumes”.
- 🟢 Fine to use when nothing on our lists was found. That is a good sign, not a promise that a product is safe: no list covers every chemical.
The product type changes the wording about exposure: something you rinse off, or that is diluted in water, means lower exposure than something you leave on all day.
Confirmed EDC means the substance is on an official list: identified at EU level (EU List I), or by a national authority such as Denmark or France (EU List III). Suspected / under evaluation means the EU is still assessing it (EU List II), EU safety experts have raised questions, or scientific bodies such as US NIEHS and the Endocrine Society name it.
Being on a list is not the same as proven harm to you. It means a substance has been identified, or is being assessed, as able to affect hormones, so it is a sensible one to reduce.
Some common ingredients that people worry about, such as phenoxyethanol or sodium lauryl sulfate, are also explained, with a clear note that they are not flagged as endocrine disruptors.
The list covers 38 entries and every one links to its source.
30-day swap challenge
One small swap a day. No rush and no guilt: every step counts, and you can go at your own pace.
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Coming soon
Invisible Intruder
Some chemicals in everyday products can interfere with our hormones. We cannot see them, and we rarely think about them.
Invisible Intruder is Claudia’s book about these everyday chemicals, and about simple, calm ways to live with fewer of them.
This companion is where the book becomes practical. Links to each chapter will be added here when the book is published.