Detergents - uncommon household poisons

Award of the Eu Ecolabel to Laundry Detergents: Performance Test of Household Detergents

Furthermore, it should be recognised that the dosage per wash of a detergent is one of the most important criteria for Ecolabelling. The necessity to have sufficient washing performance should avoid any deceit in Ecolabel application, e.g. recommending too low dosage in full knowledge that sufficient washing performance is not achievable and/or higher dosages will need to be used by the consume...

DNA isolation from goat blood using different brands of household detergents and its downstream application.

Rapid isolation of DNA from goat blood using different brands of detergents available in Indian market, is reported. The integrity and efficiency of these DNA preparations were compared with genomic DNA isolated by a standard kit (Flexi gene DNA kit), using amplification of exon 2 of CYP19 (aromatase) gene. The similar and significant amplification of this gene was obtained using genomic DNA is...

Determinations and residual characteristics of triclosan in household food detergents of Taiwan.

Triclosan (2,4,4'-trichloro-2'-hydroxydiphenyl ether) is a widely used antibacterial agent. However, it was concerned recently that triclosan might act as an antibiotic and will cause resistant bacterial strains. Furthermore, possible formation of toxic chloroform was also reported when the triclosan contained in household dishwashing soaps reacted with the chlorinated water. To assess the asso...

Cholera and Fever Poisons

Divers’ Detergents Are Different

As anyone who has ever blown bubbles as or with a child knows, if you stop blowing before the sphere is complete, it collapses and disappears. The gas exchange surfaces of our lungs, the alveoli, are also highly curved, thin-walled, moist membranes that are open to the atmosphere. They too, would tend to go poof! and disappear, save for a mixture of phospholipids and proteins that lines the epi...