Posted on 08/22/2010 10:34:20 PM PDT by smokingfrog
Baltimore - A ban that's designed to protect the Chesapeake Bay from a dangerous pollutant went into effect more than a month ago and you may not even noticed. That ban impacts the detergent we all use in our dishwashers. ABC2 News Investigator Joce Sterman explains what's been cut out of the cleaning product and where we found banned items out for sale.
She's got kids, a career and still has to make time to do those households chores. It's obvious Lutherville’s Jenny Atwater is a busy mom with plenty on her plate. She says, “I hate unloading the dishwasher and I really hate unloading the dishwasher and seeing the dishes seem not very clean."
But Atwater has noticed that’s been happening a lot lately. She tells us, "I do notice there tends to be more stuff left with this detergent, just stuff that normally would have been washed away probably."
The dish detergent she's talking about is phosphate free. Jenny made the switch a few months, and chances are so did you, although you probably didn’t even notice. Jenn Aiosa with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation says, "The average consumer doesn't know."
Marylanders may not be aware that automatic dishwasher detergents with phosphorus are now banned in this state and more than a dozen others. The ban is thanks to a law put in place to help get rid of one of the biggest pollutants in the Chesapeake Bay. Aiosa explains, "It's really something that's relatively easy in the grand scheme of things for consumers to do but can have an impact."
The impact is something you should already be seeing on store shelves, but it took awhile to put this plan in place. Dennis Griesing with the American Cleaning Institute says, "It was a significant undertaking."
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Stoopid me, replying to my own post ‘cause I forgot: You get the “Commercial Use” bulbs at the distributors - 130-volt so use a 100W where you would usually use a 75W, but the laaaassst! I have bulbs installed 9 years ago still in service...
Just go to your local Ace Hardware store and buy a box of "TSP." Trisodium Phosphate. Add a bit to your load and all will be fine.
We have a Maytag and it is a superior machine. It cleans dishes with out precleaning and is of excellent construction with out the minor failings of other machines that died.
I was stationed in southeast D.C. in the early and mid 60s, our flight line was next to the Potomac. The shore line there was always littered with condoms and dead domestic animals - not that much different than the rest of D.C.
TSP is great stuff. We used to use it, under pressure with water, for cleaning tractors, it cut right through any kind of grease and grime.
Yes, a great deal of good. Lead contamination, chemical, crap in the air land and water are all manifestly better.
This is mainly because our world had become so polluted between 1845 and 1970 that the average person was very much on board with cleaning up our planet.
But the wackos who people the green movement don't do what they do out of concern for the environment. They want power over people's lives and so they scream that the sky is falling all the louder. Ever wonder where the ‘parts per million’ number that used to accompany most stories on the latest threat to human life and habitation went? They have become embarrassingly low so they are avoided. The wackos (or 'Evil ones' take your pick)have even taken to making up threats out of whole cloth to add to the considerable power they have accumulated to themselves since the first 'earth day'. Evil doesn't have a day job.
No, you will have to wash your dishes before putting them in the dishwasher, that’s all........................
“I live on the Potomac and am afraid to let my Grandchildren get in the river.”
I hear you. Know an old guy who fell off his pier into the Magothy. In the process, he cut his leg. Within days he had to have his leg removed. Scary $hit.
The enviro nutcases made us get rid of Freon in our air conditioners 20+ years ago, to “fix” the Ozone Hole.
The Freon is gone. The Ozone Hole is still here................
There’s plenty for sale in the stores down here.....maybe I just found a new line of work.
Place your orders,
I have almost always used the HE detergent, and have used the amount recommended on the HE bottles. I will try cutting back on the amount as well.
I like being able to wash large things like comforters, etc., but in general, I really dislike the machine.
I have to agree, we like a top loader better overall. We came about the tips on soap usage the hard way. Took us a long time to get it to where it didn't smell. The only thing we really like about the front loader is that it allowed us to put a counter top in over the washer and dryer. Very convenient having a folding table right above the dryer.
Mine is one of the first Kenmore machines, and from what I’ve read on line, there is a design flaw in them which doesn’t allow the machine to drain completely. And you can’t wipe down what you can’t reach, i.e., the outside surface of the drum.
I know - it’s made me use extra chlorine bleach, and rewash stuff - either that or run around in stinky clothes. My husband has threatened to put an old washer in the garage and wash his own work clothes because he works outside all day long and in this heat.... :-O
SSSS I didn't realize the fourth S stands for soap.
My daughter used our new HE machine during a windstorm, and the power went out in the middle of her load. It was out for 9 days, and we couldn’t get the clothes out of the machine because the door locked. Talk about a nasty odor! Yuck!
My stainless steel Whirlpool appliances are rusting! Where do they get their “stainless” steel? Sri Lanka?
Leave the door and even the detergent door open a little. I found mine will start to smell if I close them when it is still wet inside.
I think that is the problem with most HE washers. They are sealed up so tight when the door is closed, they don’t let any air flow.
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