/oss/taxonomy/term/4696/all en /oss/article/environment/greenwashing-should-not-be-whitewashed <p>“Greenwashing” is the term used to describe the promotion of a product based on misleading claims of superiority to other products in terms of environmental impact or safety. For example, many cleaning products these days advertise that they are “plant-based” with the implication that these are somehow more environmentally friendly than ones that are formulated with synthetic ingredients. There are several issues here. First, there is the bogus notion that natural substances are inherently safer.</p> Wed, 22 Jul 2020 21:04:25 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 8344 at /oss