Question from Stacey
Hi Debra,
I’m looking for a safer garden hose for my children to use and to water my organic garden. I found a hose that is BPA -free, lead-free, and phalate-free, but it is still made of PVC (Gardener’s Supply Company). I also found a hose at William Sonoma that is also BPA, lead, and phalate-free, but is made of a polyurethane (also $20 more). Which hose would you recommend?
Debra’s Answer
We’ve had this question before and there are a number of posts already about garden hose. Just go to the icon that looks like a magnifying glass at the right end of the menu bar and type in “garden hose” to read them.
PVC is the most toxic plastic. The polyurethane hose would be fine (polyurethane itself is not toxic). There are also some made of polypropylene (also OK)
This is still my favorite page for PVC-Free Garden Hoses, though none are inexpensive (I want the purple one first on the list).
But there are now many PVC-free garden hoses available. Here’s a page of polyurethane garden hoses online.
You may be able to find some of these at local stores.
Seems some of those cute coil hoses are made from polyurethane.
This is more PVC-free hoses than I’ve seen in the past. It’s a trend in the right direction.
