No, but when you add them to dish soap would they wash out? are they the same phospates that used to be in dish soap. Octogon used to work so well.
I dont understand the major companies. When I called to find out why they discontinued the Octogon, they never said that the government outlawed phosphates. They just danced around it. I found out later.
This happens over and over, why are these guys so complicit?
Phosphates in small quantities are not harmful - in fact they are an important nutrient. I just got done drinking some phosphoric acid - it is one of the ingredients in Coca Cola. In the old days, sodas (from a soda counter) used to be called phosphates, because they were made with dilute phosphoric acid.