What are the hazards of phosphorus-containing laundry detergent?

Washing powder is a cleaning product mainly made of chemical raw materials. It is mainly made of some corrosive chemical elements and has an enhanced ability to remove stains on clothes. However, some common elements are also added to washing powder. For example, phosphorus is the most commonly used element and is also an indispensable ingredient in traditional washing powder. Let’s take a look at the hazards of phosphorus-containing washing powder.

The harm of phosphorus-containing laundry detergent

Medical research shows that long-term use of high-phosphorus or phosphorus-containing laundry detergents will cause the phosphorus in the detergents to directly affect the body's absorption of calcium, leading to calcium deficiency or inducing rickets in children. When washing clothes with high-phosphorus laundry detergents, the skin often feels like burning, because the high-phosphorus laundry detergents change the acid-base environment in the water, making it more alkaline. If the residual phosphorus in the laundry cannot be rinsed off (in fact, this is difficult to do, because the clothes must be rinsed with running water for at least 5 minutes to reduce the phosphorus content), over time, the residual phosphorus in the clothes will irritate the skin, especially the delicate skin of babies; in addition, highly alkaline phosphorus-containing laundry detergents can easily damage fabrics, especially pure cotton and pure hand-made fabrics. Long-term use of these laundry detergents that use strong alkalinity to achieve the purpose of cleaning will also cause burns to clothes.

Studies have shown that phosphorus in detergents can cause chronic poisoning in organisms, and in severe cases can lead to death. Phosphorus is cumulative in organisms. Once phosphate salts enter the body, they are first deposited in the brain and will not be consumed. As phosphorus accumulates in the brain, it can induce Alzheimer's disease. Phosphorus can also accumulate in tissues such as the kidneys, inducing renal failure. Phosphorus salts entering the bone marrow can cause cartilage formation in the bone marrow, causing rickets in children. Once they enter the blood, iron deficiency anemia will occur. In addition, excessive accumulation of phosphorus in the human body can also cause liver failure, ovarian atrophy, arthritis, bronchitis and other diseases. Of course, quantitative changes will lead to qualitative changes. Long-term use of phosphorus-containing detergents, especially on infant fabrics and underwear, can easily cause the accumulation of phosphate salts in the human body. This is the reason why many people switched from phosphorus pots to iron pots.

Phosphorus-free laundry detergent generally uses natural animal and plant oils as active ingredients, and is compounded with a variety of high-efficiency surfactants and weak alkaline builders, which can maintain high efficiency and pollution-free cleaning without harm to the human body.