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Walmart To Save Planet With Concentrated Laundry Detergents
Walmart says it’s going to save “one of our most precious natural resources”, water, by offering only concentrated laundry detergents from now on. According to Treehugger, traditional laundry detergent...
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These Tide Bottles Are Not At All Confusing
Reader Garret wants to know how two bottles of Tide containing the exact same amount of liquid, with identical measuring caps, can contain two different numbers of “loads.” The wife and I were at Sam’s...
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Laundry detergent is expensive. One “debt free” blogger has taken the time to mark up a detergent cap to show you how much product you’re probably wasting with every load. [No Credit Needed] (Thanks...
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Sorority Sisters Suffer Ironic Laundry Detergent Injuries
A fraternity fundraiser for the D.C. Firefighter’s Burn Association at George Washington University included a super-fun Slip ‘n’ Slide lubricated with laundry detergent. Detergent isn’t supposed to be...
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Some Fancy New Laundry Products Are Utterly Pointless
Our colleagues at Consumer Reports test all sorts of products to determine which are worth buying, and which aren’t. This month, they rounded up some laundry products currently on the market that...
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Kids Worldwide Still Snarfing Detergent Pods Like Candy
In hindsight, maybe brightly-colored, individually wrapped dollops of laundry detergent weren’t such a great idea from a safety point of view. Sure, they’re popular: pre-measured soap is handy, and...
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Walmart Wants To Cut 25% More Water From Laundry Detergents
(frankieleon)While incorrect or misleading directions really don’t help, studies and real-life experience show that people tend to pour laundry detergent with a heavy hand. That’s why a new...
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Target Promotion: $2 Gift Card When You Buy 5 Or $5 When You Buy 2
It’s not that we want to make fun of Target and their shelf tags stuffed with fuzzy math. We can’t help it. If only Target would try applying some logic to the signs it posts in its stores, we would...
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Is Tide Oxi Really The Super Cleaning Agent That The Blonde Property Brother...
For me, “deep-cleaning the house” has a place on the same list where you’ll find “getting a root canal.” But sometimes you have to, even it it means pulling out five different cleaners to get the job...
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Detergent Companies Are Unhappy With Our Efficient Washing Machines
(CrzysChick)High-efficiency washing machines, which use less water to clean your clothes, are an advance that most customers seem to like. Do you know who doesn’t like them, though? Detergent...
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Legislation Aims To Make It Harder For Kids To Snack On Yummy-Looking...
Both the House and Senate introduced legislation today that would create standards regarding the packaging of detergent packets. Federal safety agencies and poison control centers have continuously...
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Dawn Shrinks Dish Soap 2 Ounces, Plasters Bottle With ‘2X More’
Jill noticed that there were two different designs of Dawn dish detergent on the shelf. As a savvy consumer, she knew that sometimes a redesign can mask a strike from the Grocery Shrink Ray. Indeed,...
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Tide Detergent Pod Containers Make Easy Trick-Or-Treat Baskets, But Is It A...
Back in 2012, Procter & Gamble changed the packaging of Tide Pods to look less like candy in a jar after children showed an affinity for putting the colorful, shiny, toxic detergent packets in...
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Tide Makes Powder Detergent Scoop Bigger For No Clear Reason
Reader N. has some laundry that’s pretty dirty. She has a toddler, who uses cloth diapers. Yet she’s never used more than one scoop of her preferred detergent, Tide powder. She was surprised recently...
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Keep Your Dark-Colored Clothes Looking Fresh And New For Longer
Black clothes are a core part of most of our wardrobes, but they’re hard to keep looking fresh and new. What should we do: use detergents specifically marketed for dark clothing? Adjust our washing...
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Why Does The Same Size Tide Bottle Say That It Washes 20% More Loads?
Reader Kelly found herself in a common consumer dilemma: She was confused about the marketing language on some detergent labels. Why did some bottles of Tide that were the exact same size as others on...
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The Honest Company Settles False Advertising Lawsuit For $1.5M
Jessica Alba’s The Honest Company has agreed to pay $1.55 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit that accused the brand of using sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) in its products — an organic chemical...
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