- linear alkyl sodium sulfonates: skin, lung, and eye irritants; nonbiodegradable; toxic - release a carcinogen during manufacturing process. ew.
- alkyl phenols, nonylphenols, nonylphenol ethoxylate: first of all...what? i can barely say these words. hormone disruptors, bioaccumulative (builds up the higher up it goes in the food chain), nonbiodegradable, or they degrade into even more toxic compounds. nice.
- ethanolamines: skin, lung, and eye irritants; corrosive and carcinogenic; absorbed through the skin and cause damage to liver, kidney, and nervous system. mmm.
- sodium silicate: skin, lung, and eye irritant, allergen, corrosive, not biodegradable. are you sensing a theme here?
- sodium sulfate: skin and lung irritant, allergen, can cause asthma attacks, corrosive, biodegrades very slowly.
- sodium hypochlorite: skin, eye, and lung irritant; corrosive; damages liver, kidneys, blood, heart, immune and respiratory systems; really bad for people with asthma and heart conditions; forms toxic compounds in environment, harms plant life, toxic to aquatic life.
- sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate: eye and skin irritant, toxic when it degrades.
- Triethylene glycol: toxic to aquatic life when it gets in groundwater.
- trisodium nitrilotriacetate: again with not being able to pronounce these things...this is a known carcinogen, and eye and skin irritant, and is bad for aquatic life.
wow...just wow. i sure don't want this stuff rubbing all over my skin - almost all of them are skin irritants! they are just terrible for the environment and for you. detergents contian phosphates - water with the detergents in it gets into our water system, and phosphorus ends up in the ocean. why is this so bad? phosphorus leads to eutrophication, which is when algae blooms take over and kill everything else that lives there, due to lack of oxygen and sunlight. algae LOVES phosphorus and it makes it grow huge.
also, i may be alone in this, but when i'm walking outside and someone is doing their laundry, and that dryer sheet smell floats through the air - it gives me a major headache. blech. i hate those fake flowery smells that smell nothing like what they're supposed to. again - blech. so - here are your alternatives:
- biokleen
- caldrea
- citra-solve
- country save
- earth friendly products
- ecover
- method
- mountain green
- mrs. meyer's clean day
- naturally yours
- seventh generation
i saved the best for last - i LOVE seventh generation detergent. it smells awesome and i don't get those nasty headaches from the smell. oh, and they have the best scent - blue eucalyptus and lavender. yum. check out the websites and read about all the fab features of these non-toxic detergents, and next time you go to the store, get one of these instead.
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