Here's what made my stomach turn: every time you do laundry, chances are your clothes are soaking in a cancer-linked chemical, and they won’t even tell you that it’s there.
A chemical called 1,4-Dioxane has officially been linked to cancer, and it’s in many popular liquid laundry detergents. But you won’t find it on the ingredients list.
Why? Because it’s a manufacturing byproduct, it’s not an ingredient. So they get to sell it to you, without having to tell you about it.
Then there are optical brighteners—chemicals designed to make clothes appear whiter by coating fibers with fluorescent particles. These don't clean anything. They just sit on your clothes, creating an illusion while potentially triggering skin irritations, autoimmune and eczema flare-ups.
What’s even worse is that studies have proven that this chemical can transfer from your clothes into your bloodstream.
When I learned my daughter was essentially wearing a chemical suit all day long, I felt physically ill. How many other parents have no idea?
The terrifying part: This chemical doesn't rinse away. It stays in your clothes, absorbing through your skin 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Your body becomes a sponge for toxins with every shirt, every pair of pajamas, every bedsheet.