Dangerous Detergents
(And What to do About Them)
Prior to 1973, laundry detergents (not to be confused with soaps, which are quite different in both composition and performance),contained an ingredient known as Sodium tri-polyphosphate (STPP). STPP performed a vital, healthful function, by removing chemicals and potentially-dangerous heavy metals, like nickel and chrome, from the clothes, and sending them down the drain.

The presence of those heavy metals often caused skin rashes, and could gradually poison our bodies through exposure and adsorption through the skin, and into the bloodstream, and eventually the body's cells. Additionally STPP removed organic incrustations from our clothing that formed a breeding ground for harmful bacteria. Those were the positive attributes of STTP.

Back then, you may remember, clothes would generally come out clean ... smelling good ... and bacteria-free. Because people used very hot water in the wash cycle then, adequately killing off the germs, the clothes were safer, as well. Problem was, most people complained that the "whites were not white enough", right.

The negative attribute that eventually spelled the end of the use of Sodium tri-polyphosphate came as a result of the wash waters containing the STTP, along with the now-unbound heavy metals, the chemicals, and the organic encrustations, finding their way into our rivers and streams. For some people, this created a major ecological challenge, due to the increase in metals and the bacteria build-up in the form of thick green algae in many of our waterways.

Things changed rapidly in the early 70's. Environmentalists demanded the waterways be cleaned up; an energy crisis prompted the washing machine manufacturers to produce the lukewarm and even cold cycles on the washing machines they made; and the big campaign for "whiteners and brighteners" in laundry detergents that promised "whiter whites", "redder reds", and "bluer blues", was under way. This was one of the most successfully orchestrated deceptions of the consuming public ever, a "deception of illusion" some have called it. Today, other "chemical whiteners" that really are toxic waste-products, do the job.

The "illusion" came from the newly-patented fluorescent dyes being added to the detergent products. In the presence of ultraviolet sunlight, they give the impression to our eyes that the clothes are whiter, or more colorful. In fact, they are not, but this "illusion" enabled detergent manufacturers to sell tons of their detergent on the basis of "whiter and brighter" being the equivalent of "cleaner", which is totally not the case.

In addition to this deception, for over 30 years our clothes have been embedded with organic encrustations; heavy metals; and heavy oxide chemicals, because of an ingredient also being added, called aluminum silicate.

Aluminum silicate does just the opposite of Sodium tri-polyphosphate, used earlier, in that it actually binds the chemical and heavy metals in the detergents to the fabrics, rather than remove them from the fabrics, and thus prevents them from being carried away, thereby exposing the wearer to these toxins every time you wear them. While it may take years to bring one into an overly-toxic condition, there is increasing evidence that this is just one of many ways we are eventually being led into various manifestations of chronic, debilitating, degenerative diseases and conditions.

Through research conducted by a Registered Microbiologist, Larry Wayne Harris, RM (A.A.M.), it was discovered that vast amounts of heavy metals clearly are contained in clothes routinely washed in commercial detergents, like All, Bold, Tide, Wish, and many others, because of the "binding" action of the sluminum silicate. It was also determined that an actual buildup of these heavy metals occurs with repeated washings.

The point made earlier about detergents NOT being soaps, needs to be explained. Soap will remove all organic encrustations, that "breeding ground for germs and bad bacteria". Unfortunately, the "soap" used to bathe our bodies, and wash our hands at home, school, the work place, restaurants, and other public facilities, is yet another problem, because it, itself, often breeds bacteria and germs.

Also, the cold or lukewarm water used to wash clothes HAS NO EFFECT ON BACTERIA, whatsoever! According to Mr. Harris, an expert in this area of research, "the average school child is a walking petri dish, and his or her contact with other children at school creates a virtual playground for the spreading of germs and diseases among the polulace".

Introducing... Clean It - Green It. This ultimate solution will actually dislodge the heavy metals and toxic chemicals from your laundry items. After repeated washings, it brings them to the surface, and eventually expells them. Even when it is dilluted, way beyond that recommended for laundry use, it is capable of removing the bacteria-breeding organic encrustations, killing germs and other harmful microorganisms in the clothes, and rendering them totally safe to wear. Isn't that great news?