ESCONDIDO,
CA
–
The
Bronner
family,
makers
of
the
popular
organic
Dr.
Bronner’s
Magic
Soaps,
have
released
a
new
video
of
NarcoPouch®
928
field
drug
tests
of
its
soaps
and
other
brands.
The
results
prove
that
the
test
kit
which
was
used
to
jail
Don
Bolles,
drummer
for
the
legendary
punk
band
The
Germs,
on
April
4,
2007
will
always
give
a
false-positive
for
the
drug
GHB
(Gamma
Hydroxy
Butyrate)
if
used
on
any
true
natural
soap.
However,
in
an
interesting
twist,
the
kit
will
test
negative
for
fake,
mislabeled
“liquid
soap”
products
that
are
actually
detergent-based,
not
soap-based.
The
new
video
features
David
Bronner,
President
of
Dr.
Bronner’s
Magic
Soaps,
using
the
NarcoPouch®
928
on
a
wide
variety
of
common
natural
soaps
as
well
as
detergent-based
fake
“soap”
products.
“Our
testing
shows
that
real
soaps
which
are
made
using
the
ecological
time-honored
process
of
saponification
of
vegetable
oil
will
always
test
positive
for
GHB,
while
complicated
synthetic
detergent-based
so-called
‘liquid
soaps’
will
test
negative,”
says
David
Bronner.
“The
NarcoPouch®
928
is
a
great
test
for
determining
if
a
product
labeled
‘Soap’
actually
contains
real
soap
or
not.
It’s
ironic
that
the
flawed
GHB
field
test
used
by
cops
shows
in
a
graphic
and
immediate
way
true
versus
fake
soaps.
Fortunately
for
Don
Bolles,
the
much
more
accurate
confirmation
drug-testing
by
the
Orange
County
crime
lab
proved
our
soap
did
not
contain
the
drug
GHB.”
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Detergents
in
fake
soap
products
are
usually
made
in
part,
or
even
entirely,
from
petroleum
along
with
vegetable
feedstocks.
For
instance,
Sodium
Myreth
Sulfate,
the
main
ingredient
in
JASON’s
so-called
“Pure,
Natural
&
Organic
Soap,”
is
made
by
attaching
ethylene
oxide
groups
from
petroleum
to
a
vegetable
fatty
acid,
which
also
produces
trace
1,4
dioxane
as
a
side
reaction.
Olefin
Sulfonate,
the
main
ingredient
in
both
Nature’s
Gate
ORGANICS
“Soap”
and
Kiss
My
Face
ObsessivelyOrganic
“Soap,”
is
made
entirely
from
petroleum.
Cocamidopropyl
Sultaine,
the
main
ingredient
in
EO’s
so-called
“Soap,”
is
for
the
most
part
petroleum-based.
Bronner
laments
that
“Companies
mislead
consumers
by
conflating
their
detergent-based
products
with
ecological
biodegradable
soaps,
even
calling
these
synthetic
detergent
products
‘organic.’
Dr.
Bronner’s
Magic
Soaps
are
real
soaps
made
from
real
organic
oils,
while
these
other
so-called
‘soap’
products
are
in
fact
detergents
made
from
petroleum
and
conventional
vegetable
material.
They
are
not
soap,
they
are
not
organic,
and
they
are
not
natural.”
The
crime
lab
confirmation
test
that
exonerated
Don
Bolles
and
Dr.
Bronner’s
soaps
of
GHB,
uses
the
GC-MS
method
which
is
much
more
accurate
than
the
field
drug
test
kits
used
by
the
Newport
Beach
Police.
“Police
departments
nationwide
should
immediately
stop
using
the
NarcoPouch®
928
field
test
for
GHB,
as
it
is
not
accurate
when
used
on
soaps,
and
who
knows
what
other
common
household
products,”
urges
Bronner.
ODV,
Inc.,
maker
of
the
NarcoPouch®
928,
is
a
subsidiary
of
Armor
Holdings,
Inc.
The
company
has
done
nothing
to
alert
police
departments
about
the
false
positives
when
used
on
natural
soap.
According
to
retired
FBI
agent
and
forensics
expert
Dr.
Frederick
Whitehurst,
“There
is
no
effort
by
the
National
Academies
of
Science
to
validate
forensic
science
protocols,
and
there
are
no
national
standards
for
presumptive
field
drug
tests.
I
believe
our
freedoms
are
being
infringed
upon
because
of
fake
science.”
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To
arrange
an
interview
with
David
Bronner
or
Don
Bolles,
please
contact
Adam
Eidinger
at
202-744-2671.
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