I take most health-related tidbits I hear with a grain of salt.

After all, everything seems to be linked to anything these days, and it's hard to weed through what you should be avoiding. I choose instead to trust that if I live my life as healthfully as I can stand, I'll have done the best I can.

Here's a bit of information that you can either ignore or live by -- Laundry Detergents can be toxic to you and your family. Chemicals in laundry detergent are thought to be toxic to the human, specifically:

    * Petroleum Distillates -- which linked to cancer
    * Phenols
    * Artificial fragrances
    * Phosphates
    * Optical brighteners

I don't know how true this is, but if you're concerned, a switch to a more natural detergent certainly won't harm you.


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