Purple_Lavender

Soaps are emulsifying agents commonly used for cleaning. They have long been made from lye and fat.Despite their usefulness, I think soap and detergents going down the drain put a huge strain on our water quality and water treatment plants. If we can avoid it, sometimes I think not even using too much soap would be good.

This is because I remember I read a news paper reported that many years ago that a layer of inch-thick white dust was found in the bottom of the North Sea by some Norwegian scientists during an exploration. And what they discovered eventually was that this thick layer....actually came from our modern society! They found it was the residual material of the stuff found in pills people took as medicine...which then passed through bodies and sewage treatment and somehow found itself in the bottom of the sea.



If we stop soap foam usage it would cut down both on the use of plastic and pressure on such rubbish building up on landfill sites and in our precious water supply. If you think of people in the old days before the consumer society of now, they still can survive without using any soap...so I think we must can do the same thing.