The 'Sin City: A Dame to Kill for' actress has broken her silence over allegation that laundry detergent by her company contains forbidden chemicals they tell customers to avoid.
- Mar 11, 2016
AceShowbiz - Jessica Alba is firing back at Wall Street Journal over allegation that laundry detergent by her company, the Honest Company Inc., contains forbidden chemicals they tell customers to avoid. WSJ previously claimed that ingredient sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) is used in the Honest Company's laundry detergent, despite their saying on their website that the product is free of it.
In a statement to PEOPLE, The Honest Company denies the claim, stating, "Despite providing The Wall Street Journal with substantial evidence to the contrary, they falsely claimed our laundry detergent contains Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS). To set the record straight, we use Sodium Coco Sulfate (SCS) in our brand's laundry detergent because it is a gentler alternative that is less irritating and safer to use."
"Rigorous testing and analysis both by our internal research and development teams as well as further testing by external partners have confirmed this fact," the statement continued, "The Wall Street Journal has been reckless in the preparation of this article, refused multiple requests to share data on which they apparently relied and has substituted junk science for credible journalism."
The Honest Company's laundry detergent isn't the first of their products to be called into question. Last year the company was sued for twice over the company's integrity and sunscreen.
One suit claimed that a number of the company's products contain "unnatural" and "synthetic" ingredients, while adding that the sunscreen was "ineffective." The second suit said the company was "deceptive" and used "misleading labels" to market its products as "natural."
