As the most common daily cleaning product, laundry detergent is used in almost every household. However, due to the large daily consumption of laundry detergent, the average family is reluctant to buy more expensive, especially with the increasing development of online shopping, everyone tends to buy more "cost-effective" online.
However, are those laundry detergents that sell for a large bag of 9.9 yuan and a large box of 19.9 yuan really safe?
Is it safe to sell laundry detergent for 9.9 yuan online?
Unconscient!
The reason why it is not necessary to see whether the production is standardized, to see whether there is valid information such as production address, production batch number, production date and shelf life, and these effective information should be clear and easy to identify. And it is best to buy it in large shopping malls and supermarkets, and there are regular purchase channels.
Why is the sourcing channel emphasized here? Because laundry detergent, laundry detergent and other detergent products are not technically difficult, black workshops and black factories are not uncommon.
Earlier, the media exposed the black workshop in Shenze County, Hebei Province, where the laundry detergent produced is 3 cents and 1 catty, and the production environment is crawling with flies and insect eggs.
Not only is the production environment harsh, the active content of the laundry detergent produced here is far lower than the national standard, and the workers add cellulose at will on the assembly line.
However, it is such a fake and shoddy laundry detergent, but in the end, it is dressed up as a big brand and turned into a big brand laundry detergent. Even more worrying is the fact that thousands of tonnes are entering the market every day and being sold across the country.
The police seized more than 30 tons of counterfeit laundry detergent products, 12 tons of raw materials, and more than 20,000 brand packaging bags at the scene!
Black-hearted merchants make huge profits by buying low-quality laundry detergent ingredients, then completing the production through only rough filtration, and finally selling the laundry detergent in various big-name packaging.
Laundry detergent with these words, don't use it anymore!
Even if we buy a regular product produced by a regular manufacturer, it is still recommended that you keep your eyes open when buying and see if there are any of the following words on the package.
(1) Risk preservatives
Some detergents on the market may contain methylisothiazolinone and DMDM hydantoin, which are commonly used as preservatives, but may also decompose to form formaldehyde.
Formaldehyde, as an internationally recognized class of carcinogens, will enter the human body through the respiratory tract and bind to our DNA, causing DNA strand breaks and cross-adhesion, which in turn induces gene mutations and increases the risk of cancer.
Therefore, long-term exposure to formaldehyde may cause serious damage to organs such as liver and kidney, and even induce malignant tumors such as nasopharyngeal cancer, lymphoma, and leukemia.
What's more, the release of formaldehyde is long-lasting and continuous, which means that formaldehyde may remain on the clothes even after washing.
(2) Risk bacteriostatic agents
Triclosan, as a broad-spectrum antimicrobial agent, can irritate the eyes and skin, can cause sensitization, and interfere with the endocrine and reproductive systems.
Studies conducted by the University of Massachusetts have shown that mice exposed to low-dose triclosan have an increased risk of colitis and bowel cancer.
Therefore, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a ban on triclosan in 2016, but there is currently no ban on triclosan in China, so try to avoid this ingredient when buying laundry detergent.
(3) Risk flavors and fragrances
When you use laundry detergent, you will smell that most of the laundry detergent has a fragrance, and you feel that washing clothes with this laundry detergent will also smell good, but you will discard the smellless laundry detergent.
As everyone knows, this kind of laundry detergent is likely to add flavors and fragrances, such as benzyl salicylate, geraniol, citral, and hexyl cinnamyl alcohol. These flavors and fragrances all have a risk of sensitization, and for people with allergies, they may cause dizziness, headache, and rash, nausea and epilepsy in severe cases.
(4) Risk surfactants
Long-term use of phosphorus-containing detergents can strongly irritate the skin, causing dryness, peeling, chapping and inflammation, as well as affecting calcium absorption, causing calcium deficiency or inducing osteomalacia in children.
Sodium tetraborate is often used as an enzyme stabilizer and is a moderately toxic substance that can irritate the skin, cause sensitization, and interfere with the endocrine system and reproductive system.
Laundry detergent, laundry detergent or soap, which is better?
In fact, there is no such thing as good or bad!
Soap has good stain removal ability, less foam, easy rinsing, and less damage to clothes and hands. However, due to its properties, soap is generally more suitable for hand washing small pieces of clothing or local stains.
Looking at laundry detergent again, laundry detergent has strong alkalinity, strong decontamination ability, and high cost performance. However, laundry detergent is less soluble at low temperatures, and it is easy to remain when used in winter, and at the same time, it is more damaging to fabrics and hands.
If you usually use laundry detergent to wash clothes, and you find that your hands are slightly warm, it means that this laundry detergent may be relatively alkaline and irritating to the skin. Therefore, it is not recommended to use laundry detergent when washing clothes by hand, as laundry detergent is more suitable for machine washing dirty, more carried cotton and linen, and chemical fiber fabrics.
Finally, look at the laundry detergent, the laundry detergent is milder, easy to rinse, and has better solubility, whether it is washed at low temperature or hard water, it is easy to dissolve, so it has a wider range of applications.
Stubborn stains can't be washed off, teach you 4 tricks to wash them off easily!
Perspiration stains: baking soda + lemon
Baking soda and water are mixed together into a paste and applied to the sweat stains, because the baking soda contains surfactants, it can emulsify with oil and remove sweat stains.
If the sweat stains are severe, you can add some lemon juice to mix and soak. Lemon juice is acidic and neutralizes alkaline perspiration stains, allowing it to wash off faster.
Blood stains: starch + soap + salt
Sprinkle starch and salt on the area with blood stains, then apply and press, wait until they are fully absorbed, then wet them with cold water, apply some soap and rub them several times, and the blood stains can basically be removed.
Mildew: bleach + hot water
Pour the bleach into hot water and soak the laundry in it, usually for an hour, so that the mildew can basically dissolve.
Water Fruit Harvest: Fang Plaster + Shimizu
You can apply the toothpaste to the area with fruit stains, then dip the toothpaste in water and gently scrub it, and the fruit stains will be washed off quickly.