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Dishwasher soaps must be free of all phosphates by July 1st-Get used to white residue!
April 29, 2010
| Stayfree
Posted on 04/29/2010 4:00:58 PM PDT by Stayfree
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To: Stayfree
I just checked my dishwasher soap, Finish.
It still lists the phosphates, 8.7% by weight, 1.8 grams per tablet.
I hate Cascade.
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posted on
04/29/2010 5:04:20 PM PDT
by
TruthConquers
(Delendae sunt publicae scholae)
To: absalom01
I just checked my cupboard and I have three boxes of the highly rated Walmart Great Value Dishwashing Detergent. The almost empty box contains phosphorus. The two smaller boxes contain no phosphates.
The box with phosphates says the phosphorus content is 6%.
You could do the math and know how much tri sodium phosphate to add to a non phosphate product.
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posted on
04/29/2010 5:08:59 PM PDT
by
rw4site
(Little men want Big Government!)
To: SkyDancer
I wonder then where you can get phosphate to add ... Your urine. Phosphate's recyclable, but a little complicated and messy...
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posted on
04/29/2010 5:09:55 PM PDT
by
Bernard Marx
(I donÂ’t trust the reasoning of anyone who writes then when they mean than.)
To: givemELL
Why I am in favor of phosphates being removed from detergents (the phosphate mines at Bartow, FL are our only national supply):Really? I wonder why all the commotion about the phosphate mines out by Soda Springs, ID or immediately west of Pocatello, ID. Both sites feed the "Don Plant" of Simplot fertilizer manufacturing in Pocatello.
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posted on
04/29/2010 5:14:47 PM PDT
by
Myrddin
To: Myrddin
Of course, I am in favor of phosphate use for fertilizers, especially as fertilizers are of increasing importance, worldwide, daily. In the end, one cannot eat soap.
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posted on
04/29/2010 5:20:52 PM PDT
by
givemELL
(Does Taiwan eet the Criteria to Qualify as an "Overseas Territory of the United States"? by Richar)
To: givemELL
But phosphorus is a different story. Readily available global supplies may start running out by the end of this century. By then our population may have reached a peak that some say is beyond what the planet can sustainably feed.I suppose really small children and media reporters and newsreaders will buy that Bullshit*, but most educated adults cannot.
Phosphorus is not one of the radioactive elements, so it can't "disappear" or change into another one.
Unless, somehow, all phosphorus is being shot into space after use, I don't see how the world can possible "run out."
Just saying.
*BULLSHIT
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posted on
04/29/2010 5:21:05 PM PDT
by
Publius6961
(10% of muslims, the killer murdering radicals, are "only" 140,000,000 of 'em)
To: Publius6961
Phosphorus is NOT the problem. Phosphorus as phosphate is the problem. Phosphate has to be mined, it cannot be produced in a cost effective manner....and, so our supply of PHOSPHATES is of critical importance, and it appears to be limited, more so than affordable oil.
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posted on
04/29/2010 5:23:56 PM PDT
by
givemELL
(Does Taiwan eet the Criteria to Qualify as an "Overseas Territory of the United States"? by Richar)
To: Spunky
I stocked up at the Kennewick Costco last fall but am down to one bottle now.
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posted on
04/29/2010 5:25:32 PM PDT
by
steve86
(Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
To: Bean Counter
Might be true in some areas of the country but at our Costco they told me I got some of the last pallet last fall.
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posted on
04/29/2010 5:27:26 PM PDT
by
steve86
(Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
To: givemELL
I believe Mosaic and Intrepid mine there.
Then there is the huge POT in Saskatchewan, and many others in Canada.
There are even junior miners just getting started.
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posted on
04/29/2010 5:30:29 PM PDT
by
TruthConquers
(Delendae sunt publicae scholae)
To: The Great RJ
Ironic isn’t it. We will be treated like prisoners while illegal aliens stream across our borders and get free healthcare and other perks. The world is upside down and we have entered into the bizarro world.
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posted on
04/29/2010 5:31:39 PM PDT
by
Blue Highway
("Judge me by the people with whom I surround myself" Barack Obama, Oct 15, 2008 Presidential debate)
To: Albion Wilde
To: IYAS9YAS
Everything in the dishwasher had white residue all over it.”
IF everything in the dishwasher had a residue- what will prevent this same residue from forming inside all your pipes taking water out of your house??
To: TruthConquers
Thanks, the more the better. What has not been explained is the regulatory reason/reasons the phosphates are being withheld from detergents. That would be worthwhile to know also.
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posted on
04/29/2010 5:42:31 PM PDT
by
givemELL
(Does Taiwan eet the Criteria to Qualify as an "Overseas Territory of the United States"? by Richar)
To: Stayfree
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posted on
04/29/2010 5:49:26 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
("The real death threat is their legislation" Rush Limbaugh, 3/25/10)
To: Stayfree
OK, I just bought some TSP and some Spic n’ Span. The hardware guy found it for me while others waited in line, so I just got it. I read the label on the S’n’S when I got home — “New formula! No phosphates!”
Just fyi. It gave me pleasure to get them, tho — the way it does to ask for ‘plastic, please’ at the market.
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posted on
04/29/2010 6:01:24 PM PDT
by
bboop
(We don't need no stinkin' VAT)
To: Stayfree
Add white vinegar to the rinse cycle.
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posted on
04/29/2010 6:02:30 PM PDT
by
EBH
(Our First Right...."it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it,")
To: Stayfree
Heads up to buy some every week.
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posted on
04/29/2010 6:03:56 PM PDT
by
jch10
(Cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war...)
To: LibreOuMort
"You can buy a cheap package of trisodium phosphate cleaning powder at Home Depot. One brand name is TSP. Or you can buy the oldtime cleaner, Spic'n'span, which has a tsp component. Store it in bottles; it's not expensive to store enough for the rest of your life. Add just a few grains to your dishwasher product each time. ?"
purchase ping
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posted on
04/29/2010 6:04:22 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Remember Neda Agha-Soltan|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)
To: Jewels1091
I actually put the white vinegar in the rinse container.
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posted on
04/29/2010 6:04:39 PM PDT
by
EBH
(Our First Right...."it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it,")
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