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points by qliqo 1 day ago | 0 comments

Just a random thought, but has there been any research into dishwasher tablets/cleaning agents used in dishwashers? People are ingesting that, everywhere, all of the time

[–] goda90 1 day ago

I stopped using rinse aid in my dishwasher after seeing this or a similar study: https://www.jacionline.org/article/S0091-6749(22)01477-4/ful...

[–] kooi 1 day ago

Thanks for the reference.

From the abstract:

The alcohol ethoxylates present in the rinse aid were identified as the culprit component causing the epithelial inflammation and barrier damage.

[–] hobo123 1 day ago

Ouch. Thanks for the pointer.

[–] randycupertino 1 day ago

My theory is PFAS. https://research.uky.edu/news/markey-study-links-forever-che...

[–] reenorap 1 day ago

My theory is energy drinks which contain taurine that actually promotes cancer growth.

[–] jongjong 1 day ago

I wouldn't be surprised. A lot of people don't even rinse off the soap.

[–] myth_drannon 1 day ago

Dishwashers are not a new thing, so there should not be a correlation.

[–] MyHonestOpinon 1 day ago

Perhaps it is the new detergents? I don't know.

[–] myth_drannon 1 day ago

The popular brands have extremely strong smell and I assume very strong chemicals. We use "Attitude" that supposed to be milder.

[–] globular-toast 1 day ago

"Should not be a correlation" is a weird thing to say. A quick glance shows dishwasher use has been steadily increasing over time.

[–] shimman 1 day ago

Only got a dishwasher 4 years ago, my entire life I've been doing dishes by hand. I believe it. Someone elsewhere in this thread that mentioned a study on how rinse aids can cause health issues:

https://www.jacionline.org/article/S0091-6749(22)01477-4/ful...

Wonder how many other every day chemicals we interacted with have long time side effects that we're slowing finding out about.