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1. The Laundry balls can stay in the machine all the time. Drying the ball naturally can reach better effect and prolong its life.
2. Suitable for all washing machines.
3. Filled with solid ceramic balls, never used as toys for children.
4. Suggestion: no use in industrial use or large-scale washing such as laundry shop, but can be used for antibacterial
5. Washing separately between different colors or easy-fading cloths.

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How does soap affect our health?


How does soap affect our health?

Pure and natural soap

Soap is mildly disinfectant and so helps prevent the spread of infections.

A lot of commercial soaps are very drying to the skin as all the glycerine - a naturally occurring by-product - is removed. Glycerine has many uses in the cosmetics industry so manufacturers can make extra profit by selling the glycerine separately. It can also be used to manufacture nitro-glycerine...Hmmm. That's the explosive.

Hand-made soaps are particularly good because they are often made with any glycerine produced during the saponification process being stirred back in to the mix. The benefit of glycerine is that it softens and moisturises the skin.

Some soaps may contain sodium laureth sulphate (SLS) and other additives which can cause skin irritation in some people. See the article on hair shampoo for more on SLS.

Poorly finished soaps may be too alkaline and have a harsh effect on skin and fabrics washed with them. Small amounts of sodium hydroxide are left in the soap from the original reaction of saponification, causing the soap to be too alkaline. Proper finishing corrects this.

Some "quality" soaps such as Castile soap are too alkaline for some purposes - washing hair especially. Most commercial soaps are Ph balanced to match human skin so they do not cause problems. Sequestrants in the soap also help prevent alkalinity.

Antibacterial soaps - popular in these paranoid times - may cause skin to become denuded of the friendly bacteria which live upon it. For most people, ordinary household and bathroom soap is a strong enough anti-bacterial agent to ward off any nasty bugs. (All soap is mildly anti-bacterial - these "anti-bacterial" soap products have more active agents such as tryclosan added.)

Triclosan in particular may have wider health effects. There have been claims that it reduces the effectiveness of antibiotics by encouraging resistant strains. The jury is still out on that one. But there are also environmental concerns...