Ikea’s PEVA Shower Curtain

Looking for a PVC-free shower curtain?  Even know what the difference is?

PEVA shower curtains are a healthier alternative than PVC shower curtains. Why? PVC off gasses toxic chemicals for months into your indoor air.  PEVA shower curtains do not.  They’re both made of plastic, both have a nearly identical look and feel – it’s just one is a lot nastier than the other.

I bought a 100% PEVA shower curtain at IKEA – their Nackten line. It looks and performs just like any other shower curtain. 

But the best part?  No nasty, plastic-y smell when you open up the package and hang the curtain (that smell is offgassing toxins, by the way) and the price can’t be beat – $1.79!

This is perhaps one of the easiest, healthiest, cheapest ways you can go green, live healthier and not have to alter your lifestyle in any way. 

Why It’s Better For Your Health: PEVA shower curtains don’t release potentially toxic chemicals like PVC shower curtains do.  You won’t be inhaling toxic fumes in your bathroom (and, therefore, throughout your entire house) for days and months after hanging a new shower curtain.

Why It’s Better For the Earth:  The production of PVC sends off dioxins into the air and dumped into the waterways.  Dioxin is a suspected carcinogen.  And creating PVC uses chlorine, another not-so-friendly chemical towards the Earth. Both are toxic chemicals that aren’t good for anyone, or anything, to be exposed to.