Chlorine in Your Clothes
Many people are now waking up to the fact that the same chlorine used to ‘disinfect’ our water, is slowly poisoning our bodies. As alarming as many scientists find the levels of toxic chemicals and pollutants in our water supply to be, we consumers are mostly oblivious to the fact that our families are slowly being poisoned.
If water looks clean coming out of the tap, we assume it must be safe. The amounts of toxins may be small, but we need to drink as much water as we can to be healthy. It’s the ultimate paradox: With every life-giving drop, we accumulate more and more of the bad stuff in our systems. To prevent this from happening, more and more consumers are purchasing filtration systems for their drinking water, shower and even whole home systems to prevent this and other contaminants from entering their homes and bodies.
But did you know the same low levels of chlorine in your home’s tap water can also cause great damage to your clothing? Chlorine is highly oxidizing, meaning it damages everything it comes in contact with. Chlorine will stiffen you fabrics and overtime, it will wear out the elasticity and fade the color of your laundry. You can choose to filter your laundry, however these filters don’t come cheap.
What else causes fading in laundry?
It’s also important to note that many brand name detergents contain ingredients that fade fabrics. While keeping laundry white, bleach and optical brighteners are known to have the potential to fade the laundry. Dark and brightly colored items tend to be the worst when it comes to fading. Washing with hot or warm water can also fade dark clothing.
