The last thing that springs to mind when your nose if full of the warm and cozy smell of laundry fresh from the dryer is the toxic nature of fabric softener, but like so many of the items we use every day, the devil’s in the details.
To help make your laundry routine as healthy as possible, Michelle Schoffro Cook has compiled a list of six ways to make sure your clothes still come out easy on the skin as well as the conscious.
- Add a 1/2 cup of baking soda to the water in your washing machine and let it dissolve prior to adding your clothes. This is my preferred method since the baking soda acts as a water softener and helps makes clothes super soft.
- Some people toss tennis balls or other rubber balls into the dryer with clothes. I’m not a huge fan of this method since the heat of the dryer can cause the rubber to off-gas onto your clothing. If you have an allergy to latex, this is definitely not the method for you. Plus, I wouldn’t choose this method if you’re drying delicate clothing items.
- Adding a cup of vinegar to the wash water can also soften clothes but I don’t find this method as effective as the baking soda technique.
Full story at Care2
No comments yet.