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  2. Environmental impact of cleaning products - Wikipedia

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    With the aim of decreasing net efficiency, some brands of laundry detergent have been reformulated for use with cold water. By allowing the consumer to use cold water rather than hot, each load cuts back significantly on energy costs. [12] The EPA suggests using products that are designed for use in cold water to conserve energy. [13]

  3. Soap - Wikipedia

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    A handmade soap bar Two equivalent images of the chemical structure of sodium stearate, a typical ingredient found in bar soaps Emulsifying action of soap on oil. Soap is a salt of a fatty acid (sometimes other carboxylic acids) used for cleaning and lubricating products as well as other applications. [1]

  4. Carbolic soap - Wikipedia

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    Bar of carbolic soap, demonstrating the rich red colour that gives the soap its alternative name, red soap. Carbolic soap, sometimes referred to as red soap, is a mildly antiseptic soap containing carbolic acid (phenol) and/or cresylic acid (cresol), both of which are phenols derived from either coal tar or petroleum sources.

  5. Saponification value - Wikipedia

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    Unsaponifiables can be beneficial to a soap formula because they may have properties such as moisturization, conditioning, antioxidant, texturing etc. On the other hand, when proportion of unsaponifiables is too high (> 3%), or the specific unsaponifiables present do not provide significant benefits, a defective or inferior soap product can result.

  6. Seed oil misinformation - Wikipedia

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    Seed oils are characterized by the industrial process used to extract the oil from the seed and a high content of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs). [10] Critics' "hateful eight" oils consist of canola, corn, cottonseed, soy, sunflower, safflower, grapeseed, and rice bran oils, [ 8 ] which are creations of industrialization in the early ...

  7. Social and environmental impact of palm oil - Wikipedia

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    Oil palm is a valuable economic crop and provides a source of employment. [8] [9] It allows small landholders to participate in the cash economy [10] and often results in improvements to local infrastructure and greater access to services such as schools and health facilities.

  8. Antibacterial soap - Wikipedia

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    The FDA stated "There is no data demonstrating that over-the-counter antibacterial soaps are better at preventing illness than washing with plain soap and water". [6] The agency also asserted that despite requests for such information, the FDA did not receive sufficient data from manufacturers on the long-term health effects of these chemicals.

  9. Lifebuoy (soap) - Wikipedia

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    It was North America's best-selling medicated/health soap until roughly 1951. It was well known for its red and yellow packaging, red color, octagonal shape, and carbolic aroma. Due to declining sales sometime in 1951 or 1952, Lever Bros. experimented with adding perfumes to the soap and made the changes permanent in 1954.