| Most residential dishwashers seem to have a rinse-aid dispenser that you fill up with usually finish jet-dry. It seems to have the alcohol ethoxylates mentioned in this paper: https://www.ewg.org/guides/cleaners/2994-FinishJetDryRinseAg... I expect it is also in the finish dishwasher detergent pods. digging deeper the wikipedia article on ethoxylation says: Ethoxylated fatty alcohols are often converted to the corresponding organosulfates, which can be easily deprotonated to give anionic surfactants such as sodium laureth sulfate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethoxylation I had trouble with SLS (sodium lauryl sulfate) and switched to toothpaste, shampoo and laundry detergents without this. This chemical has gotten a bad rap and a lot of formulas were changed to use sodium laureth sulfate mentioned above.
(I avoided that too) I'll bet they are all trouble. |