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  1. @metrochemgroup.wordpress.com

    1. The Savior of Freshwater Ecosystems
    As the infographic points out, its biggest achievement is serving as a phosphate-free alternative to STPP (Sodium Tripolyphosphate) in commercial detergents.

    Back in the mid-to-late 20th century, laundry detergents were packed with phosphates because they are incredibly efficient at stripping minerals out of hard water.

    #chemistry
    #Zeolite4A
    #phosphates
    #detergents

  2. → Manger bio : « seule échappatoire face à un #empoisonnement de masse »
    lareleveetlapeste.fr/manger-bi

    « Les #herbicides contiennent environ 3% de #déchets de raffineries pétrolières. […] [Elles] les revendent pour faire des #détergents, des #cosmétiques… et des #pesticides. […] Parmi ces déchets #toxiques : des hydrocarbures aromatiques polycycliques, ces mêmes substances #cancérogènes qu’on surveille dans la #pollution de l’air […]. Sauf qu’ici, personne ne les surveille. »

    #bio #air #Manger

  3. @Beedazzled that’s crazy! “Their hypothesis is that #glyphosate is a transformation product from aminopolyphosphonates which are used extensively in Europe and especially in laundry #detergents”. Particularly interesting that “In contrast to #Europe, aminopolyphosphonates are hardly used in the U.S. in laundry detergents”, so why can’t the #EU change and by this I mean regulate detergents, not deregulate #herbicides! #Green #rivers #environment.

  4. Most glyphosate in European #rivers may not come from #herbicides application in #agriculture. For decades, the main source of #glyphosate has been municipal #wastewater and it may enter rivers as a transformation product from #detergents used in Europe: doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-39179

  5. "Experts encourage using the cold cycle as much as possible. “The temperature that we’re #washing with is often way too warm,” Joyner Martinez says, adding that hot water settings are only really necessary for sanitizing. Modern #laundry #detergents, even those that aren’t marked for #cold-#water use, are typically formulated to clean just as well at lower temperatures."

    #WP: Why you should almost always #wash your #clothes on cold

    washingtonpost.com/climate-sol