Green Girl Turns the Tide on Laundry

Posted By Lily Berthold-Bond

Laundry detergent is probably not as safe for your health as you might have assumed. First of all there’s the whole fragrance thing. That scent on your clothes is nothing but synthetic chemicals that might give you migraines, asthma attacks, skin or eye irritation, and allergic reactions...

But the scent isn’t the only problem. Think about what else laundry detergent does, other than make your clothes smell “good”: they brighten, and they clean. This means that detergent is full of chemicals and cleaning agents called surfactants. Some of the worst for your health include “optical brighteners” and colorants. What’s so bad about these chemicals?

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