Gaia Ingredient List

Essential Oils Used for Our Scent Lines:

SWEET ORANGE essential oil: Uplifting and refreshing, sweet orange essential oil is antiseptic, with demonstrated antifungal and antibacterial properties. It is also a great degreaser.

TANGERINE essential oil: Citrus essential oils like tangerine that have high levels of the monoterpene limonene are known for their ability to have stimulating and enhancing effects on mood. These spirit-lifting effects can be experienced by using the oil aromatically—diffusing or inhaling the essential oil. Limonene in essential oils is also known for its cleansing and purifying properties, which makes it helpful for cleansing surfaces around the home.

PINK GRAPEFRUIT essential oil: Sweet, tangy, and refreshing smell as well as its antiseptic properties, with demonstrated antifungal and antibacterial properties.

KEY LIME essential oil: Lime essential oil is often used in aromatherapy blends due to its stimulating and refreshing scent, but that’s not all it is good for! Lime essential oil is an astringent, antiviral, antiseptic, antibacterial, and a disinfectant. Due to all of these properties, this versatile essential oil can be used to cure infections, reduce fever, disinfect food and surfaces.

LEMON essential oil: When used as a household cleaner, Lemon Essential Oil acts as a natural disinfectant for surfaces that also eliminates mold and achieves a streak-free shine.

EUCALYPTUS essential oil: This powerhouse essential oil not only smells clean it's also anti-fungal, antibacterial, antiviral, and a deodorizer.

SPEARMINT essential oil: Antifungal, antiseptic, insecticidal, and does wonders for the mind and body. A gentler version of peppermint and uses of spearmint date back thousands of years and have been documented in Ayurvedic medicine, Chinese medicine, and Greek medicine.

BASIL essential oil: Anti-inflammatory, antiviral, and natural deodorizer. Basil has been used in traditional Asian Indian medicine for years. It has herbaceous aroma that can be calming and refreshing.

PHTHALATES    Air fresheners and countless cleaning products that contain "fragrance" contain phthalates. Because of proprietary laws, companies don’t have to disclose what’s in their scents, so you won’t find phthalates on a label. If you see the word “fragrance” on a label, there’s a good chance phthalates are present. Phthalates are known endocrine disruptors.

PERC    Perchloroethylene or "PERC" can be found in dry-cleaning solutions, spot removers, and carpet and upholstery cleaners. PERC is a neurotoxin and the EPA classifies it as a "possible carcinogen".

TRICLOSAN   Found in most dishwashing detergents and hand soaps labels as "antibacterial". This is an aggressive antibacterial agent that can cause the growth of drug-resistant bacteria.

QUARTERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS or “QUATS”   Found in fabric softener liquids and sheets and most household cleaners labeled “antibacterial.” Quats are another type of antimicrobial, and thus pose the same problem as triclosan by helping breed antibiotic-resistant bacteria. They’re also a skin irritant.

2-BUTOXYETHANOL Found in Window, kitchen, and multipurpose cleaners. 2-butoxyethanol is the key ingredient in many window cleaners and gives them their characteristic sweet smell. It belongs in the category of “glycol ethers,” a set of powerful solvents that don’t mess around. Law does not require 2-butoxyethanol to be listed on a product’s label. According to the EPA’s Web site, in addition to causing sore throats when inhaled, at high levels glycol ethers can also contribute to narcosis, pulmonary edema, and severe liver and kidney damage.

AMMONIA  Found in Polishing agents for bathroom fixtures, sinks, and jewelry; also in glass cleaner. The people who will be really affected are those who have asthma, and elderly people with lung issues and breathing problems. It’s almost always inhaled. People who get a lot of ammonia exposure, like housekeepers, will often develop chronic bronchitis and asthma.” Ammonia can also create a poisonous gas if it’s mixed with bleach.

CHLORINE    Found in Scouring powders, toilet bowl cleaners, mildew removers, laundry whiteners, household tap water. The health risks from chlorine can be acute, and they can be chronic; it’s a respiratory irritant at an acute level. But the chronic effects are what people don’t realize: It may be a serious thyroid disrupter.”

ALKYLPHENOL ETHOXYLATES  A surfactant found in common cleaners. It has been shown in laboratory studies to function as an "endocrine disrupter," causing adverse reproductive effects.

PHOSPHOROUS OR NITROGEN    Can contribute to nutrient-loading in water bodies, leading to adverse effects on water quality.

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOC)    Found in cleaning products can affect indoor air quality. Can be worse for those suffering from asthma and/or allergies.