When it comes to maintaining a healthy lifestyle, it's not just about diet and exercise. It's also about the products we use in our daily lives, including laundry detergents. Many commonly available laundry detergents contain toxic ingredients like 1,4-dioxane, SLS/SLES, parabens, phosphates, sulfates, synthetic dyes, optical brighteners, and more. These chemicals can have adverse effects on our health, and they can be absorbed through our skin, our body's largest organ.
The company said that the bacteria that may be in its products could enter the body and cause serious infections in those with certain medical conditions.
Most of us couldn't care less that our washing machine has the High Efficiency (he) symbol. More is better and that's what you've been taught all of your life. Your mom and her mom didn't have "he" on any of their stuff and the more soap they used, the cleaner the clothes. However, today's washing machines are nothing like those your mother or grandmother used.
A new company offering wash-and-fold laundry services launched this week in Acadiana. The business is called hampr and it's a free app available on both Android and iOS devices.
Every now and then we will ask a question about your least favorite household chore. The one job at the house most people would love to never do again is laundry. Well we have good news for tired laundry sufferers, you don't need to do it as often as you think you do. Here are some guidelines on what can wait when it comes to wash, rinse, spin and dry.