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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 skin used to feel tight the second I stepped out of the shower with my old body wash. Switched to this and that's gone — clean but not stripped. The unscented version suits me because I add my own lavender oil.
Read the whole ingredient list before buying — I have eczema and I'm done guessing what's hiding under "fragrance." Recognized everything here. A few weeks in and no flare-ups. The aloe and almond oil are a real difference.
I converted the whole household to Sampson — dish soap, hand soap, now this. Consistent quality and I trust what's on the label. A little goes a long way, the bottle lasts.
Good wash, no tightness, skin feels conditioned. Took me one shower to get used to the lower foam compared to commercial body wash — once I did, no complaints. Would love to see a larger refill format to cut down on bottles.
What's behind the lather and the scent in conventional body wash
The tight, stripped feeling after a shower is the surfactant doing too much.
Conventional body wash is built on petroleum surfactants and a synthetic fragrance base — chosen for aggressive foam and strong scent, not for skin. The fragrance blend is undisclosed and can hide phthalates; the surfactant strips the skin barrier on contact.
Sodium Lauryl Sulfate — the surfactant most conventional body 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 products is a recognized exposure route that needs no ingredient disclosure (CDC NHANES)
Nearly 100% of people tested have detectable phthalate levels in their bodies — fragranced personal-care products are a common route of exposure (CDC NHANES)
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
Balanced by Plants. Engineered by Engineers.
A plant-and-mineral surfactant blend balanced with coconut-derived co-surfactants, paired by Diana and Angelo Diadelfo, M.Eng. — environmental engineers since 2010.
Lower the surface tension on skin oils
The plant-and-mineral surfactant blend — led by alpha-olefin sulfonate and buffered by coconut-derived co-surfactants — drops the surface tension of water so it penetrates and lifts sweat, sebum, and daily grime off the skin — without the dermal-irritation profile of a petroleum-SLS body wash.
Emulsify, but protect the barrier
Cocamidopropyl Betaine and Lauramine Oxide pair with the primary surfactant to lift oils into a rinsable lather while keeping the formula mild — so the wash cleans without aggressively stripping the skin's moisture barrier.
Replace the moisture as it cleans
Glycerin holds water against the skin, while aloe vera, almond oil, and vitamin E condition and soothe — so the post-shower feeling is clean and supple instead of tight and stripped.
Rinse out, then break down
The surfactants rinse off the skin and break down in standard wastewater treatment to OECD 301D — instead of persisting in the watershed like slow-degrading petroleum surfactants. Phosphate-free throughout.
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.
Eco 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
Read the label, not the marketing
What separates a genuinely formulated body wash from a conventional one and a greenwashed one — line by line.
| Sampson Eco Body Wash | Conventional drugstore body wash | "Eco" / greenwashed body wash | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surfactant origin | AOS + coconut-derived co-surfactants (Cocamidopropyl Betaine, SLS) | Petroleum-derived, often SLS-based | "Plant-derived" claim, source rarely disclosed |
| Moisturizing actives | Aloe vera, almond oil, vitamin E, glycerin | Often none, or trace label-fill | Marketed heavily, sometimes present at trace levels |
| Scent | Ships unscented; choose from 20+ natural essential-oil fragrances | Synthetic fragrance base — phthalate carrier likely | Single "natural" scent, source rarely disclosed |
| Phthalates in fragrance | None — no synthetic fragrance carrier | Hidden under "fragrance" — not required to disclose | Often still hidden under "fragrance" |
| Full ingredient list on label | Yes — 11 named ingredients, each with its role | Partial — regulatory minimum plus "fragrance" | Often partial |
| Phosphates | None | Usually none in body wash | Usually none |
| Biodegradable to OECD 301D | Yes (disclosed on label) | No | Sometimes claimed, rarely certified |
| Formulated by environmental engineers | Yes — Diana & Angelo Diadelfo, M.Eng., 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
Straight answers on skin, lather, scent, and what's in the bottle.







