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Editor, Eco Review Lab. Mark is the named editor behind this site. He sets the sourcing and style rules that every article is held to, decides what the site is allowed to claim, and is responsible for what gets published here.

What the role involves

  • Requiring a primary source for every claim about a regulated limit, a material specification, a safety finding or a health effect — and removing the claim when no such source exists.
  • Checking specifications and grade designations against the documents they come from: FDA food-contact rules, EU REACH, California Proposition 65 limits on lead and cadmium, and the definitions behind grades such as 18/10, 304 and 316 stainless steel.
  • Attributing manufacturer statements to the manufacturer, and labelling them as claims rather than evidence.
  • Publishing corrections when something on the site turns out to be wrong.

What this site does not claim

Eco Review Lab is not a laboratory and does not run chemical assays. No article here claims hands-on testing that did not happen, and no article invents a measurement, a price or a product anecdote. Where the honest answer is that nobody has published a number, the article says so.

How the articles are made

Articles are drafted with AI assistance and edited before publication, against the written rules in our Editorial Policy. The drafting tool is never the source of a fact: every regulated figure or specification in an article has to be traceable to a primary document.

Corrections and contact

Corrections, sources we have missed, and reader reports go through the contact page. Corrections are prioritised.

See also: Editorial Policy · Disclaimer & Disclosure · About Us

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