CHEMICAL DETERGENTS vs SOAP NUTS CHEMICAL DETERGENT As you know, your everyday detergents especially for laundry contain a combination of many toxic chemicals, the residues of which are left behind on your clothes after washing. This can be potentially dangerous as these chemicals are absorbed by your skin into your blood stream and also evaporate into the air, which you and your children breathe. Both, the manufacturing process of the chemical detergents and their use, have a long term effect on the environment as well. Please read below to see which chemical toxins that you needs to be concerned about and please cross check it with your detergent. Phenols: Toxic, suspect carcinogenic. Rapidly absorbed. Effects include swelling, pimples, and hives. Internal consumption can cause circulatory collapse, cold sweats, coma, and death. Optical brighteners: Skin allergy, toxic to fish and can cause bacterial mutations. Phosphates: Environmental hazard causing excessive growth in aquatic plants which leads to the suffocation of fish & underwater life. EDTA: Skin irritant leading to allergies, asthma, and skin rashes. Does not bio degrade readily. Environment hazard. Artificial fragrances: Toxic effects on fish and mammals, Often cause allergies, skin and eye irritation. Do not easily bio-degrade in the environment. Ammonia: Can cause burns, cataracts & corneal damage. Long term repeated exposure can cause bronchitis and pneumonia. Also has a toxic effect on plants, animals and fish. Sodium Sulfate: Corrosive. Severe eye, skin, and respiratory irritant. Can cause asthma attacks. NOW COMPARE TO SOAP NUTS Soap nuts are 100% natural detergent, Grows on trees, processed by the nature. As long as you don’t eat it (very bitter), or get in contact with your eyes, it is very friendly to you and the environment. Using soap nuts as your detergent (works for many things, not only your laundry), means you are helping yourself and helping to save our one and only earth. How come? Keep reading… Since its 100% natural, no chemical agent added, it’s automatically more friendly for the environment, and you can use the waste water for your plants (if you had one). Hypoallergenic, will not harm your lovely hands. Soapnuts have less suds and non soapy, so it’s automatically reduce the water consumption in your washing cycle. It’s never been tested on animals, in fact it’s being used to clean them, not to kill them. In suffering rural economies, soap nuts trees being cut down and sold as a lumber and firewood to feed hungry families. Now, since you, your family and friends using soap nuts, we can guarantee their income by keeping the soap nuts trees growing. Soap nuts beats all the chemical laundry detergent in terms of preserving the colors and the quality of your lovely clothes, while at the same time it preserves our lovely mother earth. It’s more economic too, 1Kg of soap nuts can be used for up to 150 loads of laundry. THEN, YOU DECIDE WHICH ONE IS BETTER FOR YOU, YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR ENVIRONMENT.

The Benefits of Using Soap Nuts * They are 100% natural & biodegradable * They are antimicrobial, so they actually clean our septic and grey-water systems * They are organically grown * They are extremely useful in treating lice in the scalp * Soap nuts are useful in the remediation of contaminated soil * They are used to clean tarnished precious metals in both India and Indonesia * They are 100% free of harsh chemicals, which is particularly important for people with skin sensitivities