The smell of fresh laundry detergent: A short lived joy--literally.

Here is a great article on the smells of laundry detergent we love and have demanded in our homes that have given us a false sense of cleanliness. Did you know that within 90 seconds of putting on your clothes, the chemical smells you love so much have already gone into your blood stream?! Think about your skin. It is the largest organ in your body (remember biology class? That question always stumped me because I was always thinking squishy object when talking about organs). So what you put on your skin is absorbed by your skin--think the patch to quit smoking or birth control. What good then are these cleaners if they are just poisoning our bodies and our children, putting more cancer cells in our body than it has antibodies to fight off?

If you are looking for a detergent that won't poison you or your family and will really get your clothes clean AND is cheaper than your regular detergent, I recommend Shaklee's Get Clean Laundry. The 14lb. powder laundry detergent does 224 loads of laundry making it 19 cents a load. Tide's 70 oz laundry detergent does 40 medium loads and is 19.9 cents a load. Seventh Generation, a natural product sold in grocery stores, costs 35.7 cents/load. Get Clean's Nature Bright, a stain remover, costs $2.33/gallon. Compare with Spray'n Wash $10.15/gallon, Shout $10.41/gallon, Seventh Generation $23.96/gallon.

I could continue, but I think you get the point. Not only is it safer for you, but it is also easier on your wallet, saves you less trips to the store, and requires less packaging which helps save our planet.