Dedicated October 25, 2006, at Procter & Gamble headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio. The description of synthetic detergents as the first big change in soap making in two millennia was hardly an ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . All soaps had an undesirable pH (alkaline), whereas 84.9% of liquid synthetic detergents had an acidic pH. Only ...

When rivers in the U.S. and Europe began to billow with evil-looking foam and tap water frothed like lager beer, the blame was quickly pinned on the synthetic detergents in modern cleaning agents.

I'm guessing that the word "curds" does not leap to mind when you are doing your laundry. Frankly, I'm not even sure what a laundry "curd" is, although I can kind of guess (yuck). That's why the ...

Modern man is beginning to suffer for his syndets. Syndet stands for synthetic detergent. Handed in sudsy quantity to the happy housewife after World War II, syndets proved so popular that they now ...

Dear EarthTalk: Do mainstream laundry soaps contain chemicals that are bad for human health and/or the environment? Are any brands safer than others in this regard? – P.V., via email For centuries, ...

Your laundry detergent does more than clean your clothes. It can also impact your overall quality of life and general health. These laundry detergents, in particular, are connected to potentially ...

The description of synthetic detergents as the first big change in soap making in two millennia was hardly an exaggeration. Tide, the first heavy-duty synthetic detergent, was not just a new product, ...