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 Consumer health website NewsTarget has now teamed up with Maggie's Soap Nuts to acquire enough natural, eco-friendly laundry detergent to wash 500,000 loads of laundry in an environmentally friendly way, and it is distributing the product to readers in an effort to replace chemical laundry detergents with a safer, more natural alternative.
The solution to toxic laundry detergents? Soap nuts! Grown by Mother Nature and harvested from the sapindus mukorrosi tree, soap nuts contain a natural laundry soap in the skin of their shells. |
| When washed with water, they release their natural saponins which act as surfactants, helping water bind with dirt and grime, lifting particles away from clothing in the same way that laundry detergent does, but without resorting to the use of synthetic chemicals.
A previously-published article on NewsTarget describes these soap nuts (also called "soap berries") in more detail: http://www.newstarget.com/021875.html
Soap nuts replace all commercial laundry detergents with a 100% natural laundry soap grown by Mother Nature. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Some institutional customers (such as hotels or B&Bs) could "go green" by switching to this natural laundry detergent and eliminating their reliance on chemical products.
And by the way, if you want to buy these from us at the co-op prices and then resell them at retail price to local businesses or customers, that's fine with us. The more people use soap berries, the better it is for the planet. My main goal here is spreading knowledge about this product and getting more consumers switched over so they stop using toxic laundry detergent products filled with synthetic chemicals and fragrance. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| Due to a very high level of interest in natural laundry detergent by our readers, we sought to acquire a large quantity of this product at a volume price, packaged in an environmentally-friendly way. Working with Maggie's Soap Nuts, we were able to complete this acquisition and make these soap nuts available in a 1kg cloth bag at half the price (per ounce) of the previous soap nuts product we offered. Now, the new 1kg soap nuts product cleans clothes at a cost of only about 15 cents per load (which is less than many commercial laundry detergents made with synthetic chemicals). |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| A few months ago, we announced a product called Maggie's Soap Nuts -- a natural soap and laundry detergent made from the dried shells of berries that grow on the soap berry tree. The reader response was tremendous, and over a thousand people have tried the product and liked it!
We received a lot of feedback about the soap berries. Readers were thrilled to find a natural soap product that worked so well and yet contained no synthetic chemicals or toxic fragrance additives. But we also received complaints about the price of the product. |
| Personally, I'm reserving a couple hundred pounds myself, because I've been washing laundry with these soap berries for months now, and I'm never switching back to chemical laundry detergent! I'm also buying extra to give away as Christmas gifts this year. Everybody gets soap berries! (My Christmas shopping will be completely done when this shipment arrives!)
Why the Bodhi tree matters
Buying and using soap berries isn't merely about cleaning your own laundry; it's about cleansing the whole world. |
| Their cultivation is earth-friendly and sustainable, which is in great contrast to the chemical production of laundry detergent which pollutes our waters, soils and bodies. Soap berry saponins can even be used to cleanse the soil and help rid it of toxic substances.
You can even make a natural garden pesticide out of soap berries, and use it to protect your plants from pests without poisoning your food or soil. It's truly an astounding solution for earth-friendly cleanliness, and it's provided by Mother Nature. |
| My main goal here is spreading knowledge about this product and getting more consumers switched over so they stop using toxic laundry detergent products filled with synthetic chemicals and fragrance.
Soap berry co-op summary
Email us at soap@newstarget.com to tell us how many kilos of soap berries you want to reserve. (No obligation. It's just an estimate.) Please include:
1) How many KILOs of soap berries would you be interested in purchasing.
2) Your first and last name.
3) The city, state and country in which you live. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| Wash your clothes in soap nuts instead of manufactured laundry detergent and you'll protect life down stream instead of destroying it.
By the way, even as we are offering this natural laundry product, I simultaneously support companies like Seventh Generation who have a full line of eco-friendly cleaning products. Please shop for eco-friendly cleaning products every chance you get. Laundry is just one category: There are many others. Be mindful of everything you use on your skin, in your home and around your property. Everything you buy eventually ends up in the environment. |
| REPPED: American consumers are increasingly aware that plastics contain bisphenol-A, air fresheners contain phthalates, and antibacterial soaps contain a chemical called Triclosan, but few people realize that laundry detergent products often contain synthetic chemicals that pose a hazard to human health as well as the environment. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Here's the story about the natural laundry detergent that literally grows on trees. I'll reveal what it is, how it works, and how you can get some right now at www.BetterLifeGoods.com
The soap that grows on trees
Across the jungles of India and Indonesia, a surprisingly practical tree called sapindus mukorrosi grows a small fruit surrounded by a firm outer shell, much like a lychee or rambutan. This tree, also called the Chinese Soapberry Tree, is unique in the fact that it synthesizes its own natural soap-like saponins that coat the shell of the fruit. |
| Maggie's Soap Nuts replace both laundry detergent and fabric softener, by the way. They leave your clothes clean, unscented and feeling cozy soft. It's the first laundry product I've ever found that I was truly happy with. This is what I'm now washing all my clothes with.
But do the soap nuts really work?
Of course, any skeptical consumer would be asking one question right now: "Do these soap nuts really work?"
I was skeptical, too, that a soap nut grown by a tree in India could really replace my high-tech eco-friendly laundry soap made in America. |
| All those brightly-colored laundry detergent boxes lining the shelves of your local grocery store are, indeed, quite poisonous to both you and the planet.
How much do soap nuts cost? The price of using these soap nuts in your laundry is well under fifty cents a load (U.S.), making it quite comparable to other eco-friendly laundry products. It's not as cheap as dumping foaming chemicals into your laundry, but then again, if you're the kind of person reading this website, you're probably far more concerned about saving your health than saving a quarter on a load of toxic laundry. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Chemical laundry detergents
Parents are shown fancy ads on television depicting how wonderful and clean their clothes will be if they wash them in brand-name laundry detergent. What they're not shown, however, is the toxicity of all the synthetic chemicals that go into most laundry detergent products. The fragrance chemicals alone are often carcinogenic, and they're just as bad for the environment as they are children's health. A new alternative has appeared, however: Soap berries! It's laundry soap that grows on trees. We offer it at www.BetterLifeGoods.com
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Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Eco-friendly door prizes are being offered to attendees, including a natural laundry detergent product called "Maggie's Soap Nuts" that replaces toxic laundry detergent products. Other prizes include dynamo LED flashlights from www.EcoLEDs.com and natural health books from www.TruthPublishing.com
Adams will be available after the talk for book signings. There is no fee to attend, and the half-day seminar is open to the public. Seating is limited, so participants are encouraged to arrive at least fifteen minutes early.
Event facts:
When: November 11th, 1:00 pm Arizona time. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 This is the 100% natural laundry detergent that grows on trees. It replaces all those toxic laundry products that most people use, relying on the natural saponins in the shells of these nuts to clean your laundry.
It's great for personal health, family health and environmental health. There are no boxes to throw away (it comes in a nice cotton bag) and uses minimal packaging (just a thin plastic wrapper to keep the soap nuts dry). One bag handles more than 200 loads of laundry, making this equal in cost to chemical-based laundry detergents (about 15 cents a load). |
| Kilos of Soap Nuts Natural laundry detergent Just Arrived!
I have great news just in time for the Christmas season: We've just received another 1,000 kilograms of soap nuts (as in, literally just this morning). This is the 100% natural laundry detergent that grows on trees. It replaces all those toxic laundry products that most people use, relying on the natural saponins in the shells of these nuts to clean your laundry.
It's great for personal health, family health and environmental health. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 We've even gone out of our way to acquire thousands of kilograms of natural laundry detergent to replace the toxic, brand-name detergents sold in stores (watch for an announcement in the next two days, or click here to see our new soap nuts product). Our aim is to eliminate chemicals in 500,000 loads of laundry in the next 90 days, protecting consumers from cancer and protecting the environment from the downstream toxicity caused by the use of commercial laundry detergents (which are dangerous to aquatic ecosystems). |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 I refuse to use chemical laundry detergent and, instead, use natural laundry soap that grows on trees: Natural soap berries that we sell as a replacement for chemical laundry detergents.
Corporate-controlled U.S. government doesn't want to prevent cancer
The U.S. government doesn't want the population to be free of cancer. That's a strong statement, so let me offer you an undeniable piece of strong evidence to back that up: The artificially low RDA numbers for vitamin D. |
Melody Petersen
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 For example, few people might complain if a soap manufacturer hired housewives to tell their friends about the cleaning power of a new laundry detergent they had discovered. But in the drug industry the companies were using the third party technique to create something that looked like science to sell potentially deadly medicines to patients desperate for cures.
At times the ghostwritten articles have turned out to be dangerously wrong. In the 1990s, Wyeth-Ayerst paid tens of thousands of dollars to Excerpta Medica to ghostwrite articles promoting the use of Redux, a diet pill. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 If you lack good nutrition -- vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients, essential fatty acids and so on -- and poison your body with the toxic chemicals found in personal care products, home cleaners, air fresheners, dryer sheets, laundry detergent, deodorant, shampoo, nail polish, and all the additives in food and beverages, then of course things are going to start to go wrong with your body. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 You could start with your laundry detergent. Go to the health food store, or natural grocer, and get yourself some laundry detergent that isn't made with all these fragrance chemicals (a good brand is Seventh Generation).
Switch out all your soap: get rid of all that antimicrobial soap and switch to a product like Dr. Bronner's soap, which is only scented with natural oils like peppermint and almond oil. It's a wonderful soap, and I strongly recommend it. |
Stacy Malkan
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 Triethanolamine, I learned in my research, is also used in floor polish, pool cleaners, rug cleaners, laundry detergent, toilet bowl cleaners and other products I may have been exposed to on the day I used the three beauty products. The risk assessment didn't account for that. It also can't tell me what happens when TEA is mixed in combination with the 16 other potential carcinogens, two dozen endocrine disruptors and other toxic substances in my daily routine. |
Mike Adams
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 Skin Disorders—Skin diseases / Skin irritation / Dermatitis / Dry skin / Eczema / Psoriasis / Skin rashes
Allergic reactions to laundry detergent or bath soap, leaving makeup on overnight, and winter weather can all cause rough, red patches of skin. If you think your makeup or laundry detergent might be causing skin irritation, switch to a hypoallergenic brand. Similarly, if your skin is chapped from cold weather, be sure to use moisturizer daily.
But sometimes skin disorders don't have such clearly defined roots and solutions. |
Paul D. Blanc, M.D.
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 Once the airwaves carried a singsongy commercial for a laundry detergent in which an irritating voice repeatedly recited, "Ring around the collar, ring around the collar."91 The commercial's darker echoes of "Ring around the rosy," originally a rhyme of the plague years, may have been unintended, but nonetheless it should give us all pause. The discovery of chlorine was a technical breakthrough that had immense effects on those who produced and used bleaches and related products in the workplace. |
Mark Schapiro
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 Among other such discoveries of local habits to which the company has adapted: the Poles tend to use far less laundry detergent per load than their far more affluent neighbors, the Germans, who tend to overdose their clothes. Thus, a slightly more concentrated Ariel was developed for Poland, a slightly weaker version for the Germans. The same principle of "glocalism," I would discover, applies to the divergent health standards of the two largest blocs of consumers of Procter & Gamble's product lines: Europeans and Americans. |
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN
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| Vacuum and wash all bedding frequently using an all-natural laundry detergent and a vacuum with a HEPA filter.
Use an excellent air purification system that includes UV, negative ion, and HEPA filtration. Surround Air™ and Way Healthier Home™ are both excellent brands.
Cleanse your colon regularly to help purge accumulated allergens from your bowels.
For more information, see "Air Purification" and "Pet Dander", in the Resources section.
Colon Toxins from Dust Mites
Did You Know?
Your mattress can host anywhere from 100,000 to 10 million of these parasitic creatures! |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| What they're not shown, however, is the toxicity of all the synthetic chemicals that go into most laundry detergent products. The fragrance chemicals alone are often carcinogenic, and they're just as bad for the environment as they are children's health. A new alternative has appeared, however: Soap berries! It's laundry soap that grows on trees. We offer it at www.BetterLifeGoods.com
14. Flame retardant chemicals
Did you know that new mattresses for infants and children are often sprayed with extremely toxic flame retardant chemicals? |
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