I do use it Rowena, as a water softener in the washing machine. It does
make my hands wrinkly though, if I immerse them in it. I try not to use
anything with toxic substances in, i.e. All our shampoos, shower stuff, soap
etc., is paraben free and SLS and SLES free. I use Ecover stuff for the
whites, and soap nuts for everything else. I don't use any fabric softener
only essential oils. I also have Ecover washing up stuff on the rare
occasion I don't use the melamine pads. Other than that, I just use
microfibre cloths and hot water. Thank you for all the info on it. Regards,
dee
-------Original Message-------
From: Rowena
Date: 31/10/2008 09:37:58
To: silver-list@eskimo.com
Subject: CS>Washing soda - toxic? No
On what basis are you thinking it is toxic?
My mother was against it because she reckoned it rotted the clothes in
clothes washing, but she used detergents which we now find have health
problems. They were new then, and she would even put them in the bath. Oh
well.
However, my grandmother, up in the farm in the mountains, used washing soda
to wash the dishes, and the water was then put in the slops bucket that the
calf feed was made up with. I can't really think that it is particularly
toxic, then.
I did try to find out about it some years ago.
