These Commonly Used Products Come With Hidden Health Consequences - Page 12 of 38

Laundry Detergent

Whether wearing clean clothes or sleeping on clean sheets, you’re nearly always in contact with the chemicals found in your laundry detergent.

Unless you’d smear your skin with formaldehyde, a carcinogen and neurotoxin, or perchloroethylene, a toxin linked to cancer and birth defects among other diseases, steer clear of store-bought detergents. Soap nuts, castile soap, and laundry balls are all far safer options.