I had a comment asking how to tell if your dishwashing liquid is petroleum-based.
Well, good question, since the major brands don’t list the ingredients on the
bottles. What the bottles are quick to say is no phosphates and biodegradable
anionic surfactants (whew! That twisted my tongue just typing it). You’re lulled
into thinking all’s right with the major brands world until you realize what they
are not saying is volumes. Even the web sites don’t give you the ingredients. So,
odds are, if they don’t say they’re not petroleum-based, they probably ARE.

But never fear Forced Green is here – found some! Greenfeet is the place to go!
Under Shop / Housekeeping / General Cleaning. They have several brands of dish
washing liquid at very reasonable prices along with other products that you may
be interested in.

I delved a little further into one called Natural Dish Liquid made by Seventh
Generation. They disclose all the ingredients (on all their products), and list
the benefits as:
- Non-toxic
- Biodegradable
- Hypo-allergenic
- NO PETROLEUM-BASED cleaners
- No Phosphates
- Not tested on animals
- Kosher-certified

And it’s tasty too! That was a joke! Do NOT eat it! It probably wouldn’t hurt you, but
you really don’t want to be pootin’ bubbles.

Anyway, hope this helps.