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grammargrl t1_ise1xbn wrote

Reply to comment by megamaid12 in Dishwasher keeps going by Atlantic76

I miss phosphates in dishwashing liquid.

Oops - I should have explained better - wasn't thinking about the downvotes.

So, I miss them like I miss an addict ex, you know? There were good things - like, they cleaned so damn well, no matter how janky your dishwasher was. But the big picture is that I don't want them back because the problems far outweigh the few good things.

At the time they switched, I had an old portable dishwasher and I immediately noticed the difference in the effectiveness. My current dishwasher is old and I hate when people insist you don't have to rinse dishes before putting them in the dishwasher - trust me, if you have a janky machine like this one, yes, you must rinse your dishes. I'm pretty sure that if I were able to use phosphates in my current dishwasher, I would not have to rpre-inse. That's how well they worked.

But, again. The drawbacks and dangers far outweigh the conveniences.

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HoundsOfChaos t1_isfuq8r wrote

>There were good things - like, they cleaned so damn well, no matter how janky your dishwasher was.

Thanks for clarifying :).

Yeah I'm old enough to remember a world were we could do a lot of unsafe things without all the safety notices etc. Sure, folks would occasionally get burned, bruised, crushed, etc, but there was a naive feeling of freedom we've lost a little since.

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A_number-1234 t1_isg00i4 wrote

Were phosphates a health hazard? I don't remember, I was young when they were banned where I live, but the main reason for the ban here was eutrophication.

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