| Did you know that petrochemicals in laundry soap are | | | | dish soaps to soften the water and tie up minerals |
| not necessary to get your clothes clean? | | | | like lime. They also provide alkalinity for effective |
| Not only are they unnecessary, but they are harmful | | | | cleaning. These are extremely harsh chemicals. They |
| to your family as well the environment. Residual | | | | also are detrimental to our waters ways. They |
| petroleum remains in the clothing and ultimately will | | | | promote an over growth of plant life in turn robbing |
| come in contact with your skin and the skin of your | | | | the oxygen from waters ways and eventually |
| loved ones. This petroleum residue can cause rashes | | | | causing all living organisms to die off. |
| and skin irritations and even eczema. Chemical | | | | Look for soaps that are biodegradable and are made |
| sensitivities may also trigger allergies and asthma like | | | | with organic surfactants, citrus oils and other natural |
| symptoms. | | | | cleaning agents. They should be non alkaline, ph |
| Just by switching to vegetable based laundry soap | | | | balanced formulas without chlorine bleach and caustic |
| we can save the environment and the health of our | | | | chemicals. The chemicals are not only toxic to your |
| family. Vegetable based soaps are not full of useless | | | | family but damage, fade and weaken fabrics. |
| fillers, phosphates and excess water that the giant | | | | If every household switched their laundry soap to a |
| companies are charging you for. They leave no | | | | vegetable based concentrate in recyclable plastic |
| petroleum residue, therefore reducing skin irritations. | | | | bottles, in one year we could save enough plastic to |
| They usually come in concentrated formulas which | | | | make 600,000 plastic laundry baskets.* |
| reduce the impact on the environment creating less | | | | One last thought, if every household in the US |
| waste. In turn, meaning less material, less packaging, | | | | replaced one bottle of 25oz. petroleum based |
| less energy and less waste. This also means that you | | | | dishwashing liquid with 28 oz of a vegetable based |
| save money as well. Everybody wins. | | | | product-we could save 81,000 barrels of oil. Enough |
| The use of phosphates is declining as the | | | | to heat and cool 4,600 US homes for one year ** |
| government is realizing the impact to our | | | | **Seventhgeneration. |
| environment. They have been added to laundry and | | | | |