March 31, 2009 at 5:00 am by Luanne Bradley
Spokane Residents Smuggling in Unfriendly Suds
Does reducing water pollution mean dried-on crust on your dishes? It does if you ask some residents of Spokane, Washington, who are defying last July’s ban on selling phosphate-containing dishwasher detergents like Cascade and Electrasol.
The move was aimed at greening the area’s rivers and lake which often have algae build up as a result of the phosphates. The cleaning agents may cut through grease but it’s hard to break them down in wastewater treatment plants. The algae hogs the oxygen in the water that fish need to survive.
According to the …
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