The Essentia Blog

Earlier this year, the Center for Health, Environment, and Justice released a report entitled “Volatile Vinyl”.  It put forward the fact that PVC shower curtains offgass 108 different chemicals within the first 28 days of their installation, as well as other helpful facts about the harmful curtains.   They also continue to offgass months after installation.  What to replace them with?  If you are truly looking to go hardcore, choose organic cotton or hemp shower curtains, both of which are available at the following online retailers:

Gaiam - One of my favourites, Gaiam is mostly known for their Yoga videos but are also a huge purveyor of alternative energy solutions through their Real Goods unit.

Rawganique.com - Specializes in European Hemp shower curtains.

Simply installing fabric shower curtains may seem to solve the problem, but why compound the issue with using fabric that has been made from non-organically grown cotton or other forms of plastic?  Best to stick with the green and throw out that unnaturally bleached white.