Is your laundry detergent toxic?

Published: August 6, 2007, 4:35 pm

Tags: brighteners, checmicals, clothes, fragrances, laundry detergent, laundrydetergent, petroleum distillates, petroleumdistillates, phenols, phosphates, toxic

Filed under: Environment, Non-toxic alternativesI take most health-related tidbits I hear with a grain of salt. After all, everything seems to be linked to anything these days, and it's hard to weed through what you should be avoiding. I choose instead to trust that if I live my life as healthfully as I can stand, I'll have done the best I can. Here's a bit of information that you can either ignore or live by -- Laundry Detergents can be toxic to you and your family. Chemicals in laundry detergent are thought to be toxic to the human, specifically: Petroleum Distillates -- which linked to cancer Phenols Artificial fragrances Phosphates Optical brighteners I don't know how true this is, but if you're concerned, a switch to a more natural detergent certainly won't harm you. For some suggestions, check out this article from That's Fit.Read Permalink Email this Linking Blogs Comments

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