Post Date December, 02 2023
In daily life, there are roughly three ways to cause detergent to enter the human body: direct contact with skin during use; When there is a wound, it will enter the body from the wound; The detergent is not thoroughly cleaned during use, which makes it adhere to tableware, vegetables and fruits and enter the body through the digestive tract. There are many misunderstandings in our use of detergents, which should be paid attention to.
Flush casually with running water: Many people think that the residual detergent attached to the surface of fruits and vegetables can be washed away by simply flushing with flowing water. Don't you know that it still needs some time for detergent to be dissolved in water to completely remove. The flowing water can only wash away some detergent, and some detergent still remains on the surface of fruits and vegetables because it has not been dissolved in water in time.
Endless water soaking: Since detergent has a certain dissolution time, can it be completely cleaned after a long time of immersion? In fact, it takes a certain time for detergent to dissolve in water, generally about 15 seconds. So theoretically, there is no essential difference between soaking for 15 seconds and soaking for 2 hours. However, if the soaking time is too long, the water dissolved in detergent will often permeate into fruits and vegetables again.
Wounds on the hands are forced to wash: if the hands are accidentally cut, the detergent will enter the body through the wound, and the concentration of contact will increase by tens of times than that of normal time. The impact on the body is naturally much greater.
Direct wiping with dry towel: take out the tableware soaked in detergent and wipe it directly with dry towel. It looks like it can make the tableware clean without residual detergent. In fact, the dry towel will absorb the water, and the concentration of residual detergent on the surface will increase, which is also undesirable.
According to experts, sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate contained in detergent is a surfactant with low cost, which is easy to produce foam in water and has good decontamination ability. However, high concentration of sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate can destroy the original physiological balance mechanism of organisms and interfere with normal physiological and biochemical functions in organisms. For the reproductive system, a large number of surfactants can significantly reduce sperm activity.
Only by contacting detergent for a long time and at a high concentration can it affect germ cells. Therefore, as long as it is used correctly and reasonably, its harm can be greatly reduced.
The correct method of use should be: when washing tableware, fruits and vegetables, you should first choose an appropriate amount of detergent, because too much does not mean cleaner. Then immerse it in sufficient water to make it fully dissolved. The time should be more than 15 seconds, and then rinse it with flowing water.
