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"After 25+ years cleaning up polluted soil and water, we turned that same science on the products inside your home."
Diana Trasente, CEO, M.Eng.
Environmental Engineer & Co-Founder
Real Households.
What Customers Say After the Switch
From greenwash-burned shoppers to allergy households — here's what changed when they swapped in Sampson.
My hands used to crack every winter from washing dishes and constant hand-washing. Switched the whole house to this. Two months in, no cracking. It actually leaves my skin feeling soft instead of squeaky.
Unscented out of the bottle is the selling point for me — I'm sensitive to perfumed soaps and most "natural" brands still have a strong scent. This one has none. Added a drop of the tea tree oil they sell and now it's exactly what I wanted.
Gentle and cleans well, and I love that I recognize every ingredient on the label. Only note: the foam is lighter than the drugstore soap I used before, so it took a wash or two to trust it was working. It is — just less suds.
Bought it as the first thing to try from this brand and ended up converting the kitchen and bathroom both. The 3.6L refill lasts forever and I'm done buying plastic pump bottles every month.
What you rub into your skin every time you wash up
The hand soap by the sink is the one cleaner your skin touches the most.
Most drugstore hand washes are built on petroleum surfactants and a synthetic-fragrance blend that can hide phthalates under the single word "fragrance." Wash ten, twenty, thirty times a day and that exposure adds up — along with the tight, stripped skin that follows. Sampson Eco Hand Soap is a coconut-derived base with a real moisturizing layer of aloe vera, vitamin E, and almond oil.
Sodium Lauryl Sulfate — the petroleum surfactant many conventional hand washes are built on — is the dermatology gold-standard irritant control in skin patch testing, used across 43,000+ patients (European Society of Contact Dermatitis baseline series)
Phthalate metabolites are detectable in nearly all people tested in national biomonitoring — and synthetic "fragrance" in personal-care and cleaning products is a recognized exposure route that needs no ingredient disclosure (CDC NHANES)
Phthalate metabolites are detectable in the urine of the vast majority of the U.S. population in national biomonitoring — endocrine disruptors linked to fertility, asthma, and developmental effects (CDC NHANES National Biomonitoring Program)
Built by Engineers. Not Marketers. Conçu par des ingénieurs. Pas des marketeurs.
We Spent 30+ Years Cleaning Up Contamination. Then We Checked Under the Sink. Nous avons passé 30+ ans à décontaminer des sites. Puis nous avons regardé sous l'évier.
Diana Trasente and Angelo Diadelfo are environmental engineers with Master's degrees and over 30 years remediating contaminated soil and water across Canada. They know industrial chemicals intimately — PCBs, heavy metals, synthetic surfactants, petroleum solvents. Diana Trasente et Angelo Diadelfo sont des ingénieurs en environnement avec des maîtrises et plus de 30 ans d'expérience en décontamination de sols et d'eau au Canada.
Then they started reading the labels on their own household cleaners. The same classes of synthetic chemicals they spent their careers cleaning up were sitting in their kitchen, bathroom, and laundry room. Puis ils ont commencé à lire les étiquettes des nettoyants ménagers chez eux. Les mêmes classes de produits chimiques qu'ils passaient leur carrière à nettoyer se trouvaient dans leur cuisine, salle de bain et buanderie.
In 2010, they founded Sampson Eco Shop — applying the same scientific rigor to household cleaners that they applied to environmental remediation. Every product starts with one question: What's actually in here, and is it safe to put down a drain? En 2010, ils ont fondé Sampson Eco Shop — appliquant la même rigueur scientifique aux nettoyants ménagers qu'à la décontamination. Chaque produit commence par une question: Qu'est-ce qu'il y a vraiment dedans, et est-ce sécuritaire de l'envoyer dans un drain?
“Every cleaner we make starts with the same question we'd ask on a contamination site: what's actually in here, and what happens when it goes down the drain?” “Chaque nettoyant qu'on fabrique commence par la même question qu'on poserait sur un site contaminé: qu'est-ce qu'il y a vraiment dedans, et qu'est-ce qui se passe quand ça va dans le drain?”— Diana Trasente, M.Eng. — Diana Trasente, M.Ing.
The Method
Cleans Hands. Keeps the Moisture.
Coconut-derived surfactants, paired and balanced by Diana and Angelo Diadelfo, M.Eng. — environmental engineers since 2010.
Wet the skin, lift the soil
The coconut-derived surfactant base drops water's surface tension so it penetrates dirt, food residue, and daily grime instead of beading off the skin.
Buffer the cleaning action
Cocamidopropyl betaine pairs with the base to buffer detergency — so the chemistry that lifts soil off skin doesn't strip the skin's own oils at the same time.
Leave a moisturizing layer
Aloe vera, vitamin E, and almond oil stay on the skin through the wash — a moisturizing layer that high-frequency washing usually removes rather than replaces.
Rinse out, then break down
The surfactants rinse clean with no slick residue, then break down in wastewater treatment per OECD 301D instead of persisting in the watershed. Phosphate-free.
One Line. Every Room.Une gamme. Chaque pièce.
14 Cleaners. Same Engineers. Same Standards.14 nettoyants. Mêmes ingénieurs. Mêmes standards.
Replace what's under your sink one product at a time. Every Sampson Eco cleaner is plant-based, biodegradable, and built by environmental engineers.Remplacez ce qui est sous votre évier un produit à la fois. Chaque nettoyant Sampson Eco est à base de plantes, biodégradable et conçu par des ingénieurs en environnement.
FloorsPlanchers (2)
Eco-Strips Floor CleanerBandelettes pour planchers
Dissolvable strips. No bottle. 60 strips/pack.Bandelettes dissolubles. Sans bouteille. 60/sachet.
Eco Floor Cleaner (Liquid)Nettoyant planchers (Liquide)
Concentrate refill. Same chemistry, liquid format.Recharge concentrée. Même chimie, format liquide.
Kitchen & SurfacesCuisine & surfaces (4)
Eco Dish SoapSavon à vaisselle
Cuts grease. Plant-derived. No phosphates.Coupe la graisse. Végétal. Sans phosphates.
Eco All-Purpose SprayVaporisateur tout usage
One bottle, every surface. Streak-free.Une bouteille, chaque surface. Sans traces.
Eco Stainless SteelAcier inoxydable
No oily residue. Cleans, doesn't coat.Sans résidu huileux. Nettoie sans enrober.
Eco Super DegreaserDégraisseur puissant
Cuts industrial grease without solvents.Coupe la graisse industrielle sans solvants.
Bathroom & GlassSalle de bain & verre (2)
Laundry & HandsLessive & mains (4)
Eco Laundry HELessive HE
HE-certified. Plant surfactants. Quats-free.Certifié HE. Tensioactifs végétaux. Sans quats.
Eco Fabric SoftenerAssouplissant
Soft fabrics, light scent. Plant-derived softening.Tissus doux, parfum léger. Adoucissement végétal.
Eco Hand SoapSavon à mains
Plant surfactants. No drying SLS or parabens.Tensioactifs végétaux. Sans SLS ni parabènes.
You're HereVous êtes iciEco Foaming Hand SoapSavon à mains moussant
Pre-foamed. Less product per wash. Same plant base.Pré-moussé. Moins de produit par lavage. Même base végétale.
Replace what's under your sink, one cleaner at a time.Remplacez ce qui est sous votre évier, un nettoyant à la fois.
Every cleaner in the line is engineered by Diana & Angelo. Same standards, every formula.Chaque nettoyant de la gamme est conçu par Diana et Angelo. Mêmes standards, chaque formule.
Format Matters
What's Actually in the Bottle by the Sink
Sampson against conventional drugstore hand wash and the greenwashed "eco" shelf — on the chemistry that touches your skin.
| Sampson Eco Hand Soap | Conventional drugstore hand wash | "Eco" / greenwashed hand soap | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surfactant origin | Plant-derived (coconut) | Petroleum-derived (often SLS-based) | Mixed; rarely disclosed |
| Moisturizing layer | Aloe vera + vitamin E + almond oil (named) | Often none, or a synthetic emollient added for marketing | Claimed, source rarely disclosed |
| Phthalates in fragrance | None — no synthetic fragrance carrier | Hidden under "fragrance" — not required to disclose | Often still hidden |
| Scent | Ships unscented; choose from 20+ natural essential-oil fragrances | Synthetic — phthalate carrier likely | Single "natural" scent, source rarely disclosed |
| Phosphates | None | Sometimes present | Usually phosphate-free |
| Named ingredients on label | Full list (12 named) | Partial — regulatory minimum, "fragrance" undisclosed | Often partial |
| Biodegradable to OECD 301D | Yes (disclosed on label) | No | Sometimes claimed |
| Made in Canada by environmental engineers | Yes, in Montreal since 2010 | Multinational manufacture | Varies |
The format is the difference. Same plant chemistry, same engineering rigor — without the bottle, the water weight, or the synthetic add-ons.
Common Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything buyers ask before switching the soap by the sink.
