What is Lurking in Your Laundry?

Hi, this is Rita Hogan and welcome to the Dogs are Individuals podcast. I'm a clinical canine herbalist and I've been practicing for over 20 years. This podcast is all about your dog through an herbal lens. So let's get to it and dive right in.

Hello. I am so excited you guys are here. We are going to have a great episode on the POD today because I have a very kind and gentle all coming from love rant today. I do. I recently just this past couple days, I spent my time in West Seattle and we had a great time. It was my anniversary with my partner and we had a lovely time. Super. So much fun. But. There is a but in there and I'm gonna tell you about it. But first, I wanna thank my sponsor, Real Mushrooms. Realmushrooms.com thank you, thank you, thank you, Real Mushrooms. It is a pleasure to know that my mushroom powders are awesome. They're hot water extracted. I use them all the time with my dogs, with my clients, with myself. And this past weekend, I am someone that can't really tolerate coffee. I'm not good with stimulants in general and I don't do well with chocolate. I do eat chocolate and I love chocolate, but I can't eat it very often at all. And I love chocolate, like drinkable chocolate. So like hot chocolate. I'm not talking about the little packets of Swiss Miss, this nasty stuff. I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about like real nice drinkable chocolate. And I've missed it in my life. And so what I've been doing is I've been taking and I love to, you know, I love to encourage people to make different infusions with plants and mushrooms to give to themselves as nourishment and to their dogs. And you can do it together. And one of the things that made a big difference for my weekend is having something. We rented an Airbnb and having something at the Airbnb so that I can drink. I can have a nice warm drink with my partner and we can share something together that Heather is extremely into coffee in general and we can just have a nice drink together. And so what I do is I mix about a half a teaspoon of turkey tail mushroom powder from real mushrooms and then chaga mushroom together in a cup. I would say a total of probably a teaspoon. And it's not an oversized cup, just a regular cup. And I put it in there, I add hot water, I take a little whisk and I whisk it and then I Put a little bit of raw honey in there after it cools down a little bit. And then I add a splash of organic, a 2/2 and half, little splash. And I'm telling you right now, I feel like I'm having hot chocolate and it is so glorious and I absolutely love it. And I know that I'm doing good things for myself. Chaga and turkey tail are very well indicated for me. I've been taking those mushrooms for a very long time. Not every single day, but moving them in and out of my diet. I also use Maitake, and I'll tell you, Maitake is excellent to add in in small amounts, but Maitake is wonderful for blood pressure. You can add just a little bit, maybe an eighth, a teaspoon to that. It will add a little more to that chocolaty flavor. But, oh, it's so good. And you could totally share that with your dog, too, if it's well indicated, right? You could share that with your dog. Your dog would be like, hey, what are you having here? You have that, too. You may want to, you know, omit the cream and honey, but you definitely. They would probably like it. And I've tasted it without cream and honey, and it tastes fine, too. So I love, love, love that combination. And that is from real mushrooms. You can check them out@realmushrooms.com plus. I sell that on my website, too. Okay, what are we talking about? I'm going to tell you. We are talking about my experience at the Airbnb that I was at. That is an expression of my frustration with air quality and how it affects our pets and ourselves. I came home like, you know what, I can't wait to record the podcast because we are going to talk about this. And so let's look at some statistics about indoor air quality for Americans. And this applies to, like, things worldwide for more industrialized cities. But the average American spends 90% of their time indoors. Okay, and why is that important? It's because the pollutants in our homes are two to five times higher than outdoor concentration. Okay? That's number one. And people, pets, younger people, older people, Peter, people that are compromised, any type of respiratory disease, which is very common right now in our lives, they are at a higher risk for issues dealt with poor air quality. And that includes cancer, autoimmune disease. And the pollutants in our home, okay, are concentrated in our indoor air because of all the synthetics that we are adding to our environment. And I'm not just talking about, like, furnishings, like building materials, personal care products, a Lot of household cleaners. That's not even this conversation. This is a specific conversation that really messed me up this weekend for no particular good reason. Like, I tried to let go. And I'm doing that with you right now, letting go of this, because a lot of people don't know. And it just is so sad that we, as a people feel we need to add all these toxins we. To our house. And our respiratory tracts are just suffering because of what we're doing and. Rita, what are you talking about? Get to the point. Get to the point, lady. Here it goes. So we rented this lovely townhome about, I would say, a quarter of a block from the water, right on the wall. I mean, you know, it was pretty much right on the water. It literally took, like, two minutes to get there. And a very nice townhome. We walked in, and it was, like, four stories high. So the bottom floor, I thought I started smelling something, but I wasn't positive. So we went up to the second floor, which was like, the main living area, and I started smelling something very weird, like, huh, God, that smells strange. And it was like an assault to my nasal passages. And then we went to. We went up to the next floor to look at the bedroom in the main bathroom and put our luggage away and stuff. And it was so awful that I thought, oh, my God, what is that? And it was the laundry room. The door to the laundry room was open. And I look into the laundry room with my nose, holding my fingers over my nose, and there's a bottle of, like, Gain Mountain scent with these fragrance beads that you put into your washer that keep your laundry smelling for 12 weeks. 12 weeks. What does that do for your indoor air quality? I'm telling you, it was doing no favors for the indoor air quality of this place. We started opening windows. I immediately took all the sheets and blankets off the bed and stuck them into the washer and washed them two times to make them even. Bearable. Okay, bearable. And everything that you touched, anything that was cloth, like a towel in the bathroom, the bathroom rugs, everything just reeked of this artificial smell. And in my home, we don't have these things. We use those little laundry sheets that are unscented. And I use soap nuts. I use those laundry sheets that you just put it in. So there's no plastic laundry detergent, because those are ridiculous. And for the plastic that, you know, it's a single use, basically, to me, you use up the laundry detergent, then you toss it away and don't even Kid yourself that it's getting recycled. So I was just a mess about it. I let go of the drama. I was breathing. I was like, okay. And then, you know, I just really thought, you know, thank God this person doesn't have a dog because they were really going to get the brunt of it because they're home much more than we are. And. But we are also, again, home so much more. And we are indoors when we work. I work from home. I have a separate building, but I still work from home. We don't have laundry smells. And when I'm on an airline, I'm praying that the person sitting next to me does not smell like Tide or Bounce laundry detergent or dryer sheets because it is so awful to smell like that. I don't understand. I think people have got so accustomed to that unnatural scent and fragrance that they don't smell it anymore. It's kind of like smokers, but it is there. And you should care. And we're going to talk about why you should care. And if you don't care for yourself, you should talk. You should care about your animals, cats and dogs, because they, they are dying of cancer like crazy. And indoor air quality is one of the reasons why dogs and cats are dying prematurely. It is one facet. And it's also why we have respiratory diseases, why we're getting autoimmune diseases, because we are subjecting ourselves to these chemicals that are not studied. They are unregulated. And let's talk about it. So I recently read this wonderful article by Hannah Hickey, who is from the University of Washington in our lovely state here that I live in. And she did a study of some of our top selling laundry products. And I will tell you that some of them begin with a T, a B and a J. And also the lovely Costco products, okay? And she tested a lot of these products and she couldn't believe the ingredients that were not on the label that were in the products. Okay. She basically wanted to know, you know, what was in the products that people are using. And she looked at the chemical identity of the products and she was floored to find things like acetone, okay? That's a toxicant in paint thinner, in nail polish remover. You can really tell, like when someone opens nail polish remover, like, oh my God, what is that smell? Right? It's acetone. And then things like theta haldehyde. I probably just massacred that. A C, E, T, A L, D, E, H, Y, D, E and chloromethane and 1,4 dioxane, which is a complete toxic, toxic mess. Why is it a toxic mess? Well, I'm glad you asked. 1, 4. Dioxine is an eye, nose and throat irritant. It also causes liver and kidney damage. Isn't that fun? Love also messes with, like, it's a skin contact irritant. It can produce burning on the skin and damage to the dermatolog. We do not like one for dioxane. Okay. It is not a good thing. So she found that in there as well. And she found that basically there was hundreds of volatile organic compounds that were included in the six products that she tested. And again, she's from the University of Washington. Okay. And a lot of these products that she found from fall into the carcinogenic category, hazardous air pollutants category. I'm going to say it again. Hazardous air pollutants to humans and animals. Okay. And from the Environmental Protection Agency, there was no. They were labeled as no safe exposure level. Not sure why these chemicals are allowed to be in our products. Okay. Why are they allowed to be in there? I know that the more you get away from these chemicals, the less tolerance you will have for them. And I think manufacturers in general are not required to disclose these ingredients, which they should be. Okay. Just think of all the things that happens in the dog food industry, like if it's happening in our laundry care products and in a lot of like dryer sheets, fabric softeners, detergents, and now these lovely fragrance extender balls that are going into our water system or the plugins or solid deodorizers. Right? What? Like, if they're allowed in here, I can't even imagine what's going on secretly in the dog food industry. And so we have to be mindful of these things. And I'm not telling you what to do. I'm not. So just simmer down. I'm not telling you what to do. I'm just educating you into why you might care, that's all. Do you have to care? No, you don't have to do anything. But I find that we, when we figure things are happening to our animals, we tend to give. We tend to care more. Right. These are, these are creatures that don't have a choice in the matter. And I think that looking at these toxic and hazardous compounds in these products that are labored, you know, perfume, fragrance, dryer sheets, and they're marketed so heavily as something that we absolutely need to understand that they are. We're using them at a detriment, a detriment to ourselves. Our animals and the environment. Okay. The laundry booster granules that people are using in droves, not to mention the horrible plastic that they're in that they just throw that out into the landfill that is going into the water supply. It's going into our groundwater. You know, the water that goes down your drain and it's in the water. All those dyes and fragrances, it's all going in so that we have to filter it out when we drink water. And from my experience this past weekend, not a lot of people filter their water in restaurants anywhere. When I'm in a restaurant, I politely ask, is this water filtered? And nine times out of ten, no, it's from the tap. It's just in a pretty bottle to make it look expensive. But it's just right out of the tap. You'll be amazed at the answers you get when you start asking questions. I think fragrances in general are a huge exposure to the toxic air quality in our home. And in the European Union they are enacting legislation requiring to list the different chemicals on these types of products. But I think we need to go to a step four, further and completely outlaw them and make manufacturers make natural products that do not have these synthetics that are labeled as carcinogens and hazardous to humans and animals. All right, and if you look at like there's a product called unstoppables, right? They are a scent booster. Let's look at them at the Environmental Working Group. I'm not saying anything bad about this company right now. I'm just going to give you the facts. So the Environmental working group@ewg.org has a lovely little grading system that they grade certain products with chemicals or chemicals in general. And the grade for these products are F. F as in failure and downy. Unstoppables in washer. Scent booster, Fresh scent. It is an asthma and respiratory irritant. It has skin allergens and irritation. It has moderate concern of developmental and reproductive toxicity. It has moderate concern of cancer causing ingredients. It has more than moderate concern for environmental impact. And it has a high concern for colors. Okay. It has colors in there that mess with organs and systemic effects, developmental, endocrine and reproductive effects. Gross. It also has polymers in it. High concern immune system effects, organ effects, cancer, circulatory system effects, effects on the digestive system. And it's a non specific ingredient, which means they cannot get the information they need to tell you what type of polymer it is. And then they have dispersants. Dispersants. These are rotten. Some of them don't biodegrade. They are a skin irritation. They cause allergies. They are from acrylamides, which are cancer causing substances. Acrylamides happen when you burn meat. They have reproductive effects, of course, organ and systemic effects. Cancer. Acrylamides damage the DNA. They mess with the nervous system, they mess with skin irritations, the whole thing. Allergies. And they damage vision and respiratory systems. Hello. It's not looking good for this product. Hey, it's going to make your clothes smell nasty for 12 weeks. But it has other benefits like cancer. It's just really saddle saddens me. It has acrylic acid in it. Methyl acrylic acid. Those are aquatic toxins. They, they irritate the skin, they can cause allergies and definitely damage the respiratory system. And then one of my favorite chemicals, benzene. Benzene is a cancer causing agent. It messes with the organs, it damages the DNA. It messes with the endocrine system and reproductive system and nervous system effects. Okay? These companies just don't care. They do not care about us and our little pets. And the best thing is you can stop it by spreading the word and stop using these types of laundry detergents and laundry chemicals along with all of your other household cleaners. You can make change with your wallet. Then we get to the fragrance. Okay, the fragrance, toxic to aquatics. That means fish. Anything in the water messes with your respiratory system. It definitely messed with mine. A lot of them don't biodegrade and they're non specific ingredients. They're just labeled under fragrance. We don't know really what they are. And that is a huge concern of the environmental working group. Ethylene oxide, okay. Polyethylene glycol. I think science is pretty positive that it causes cancer. It definitely causes like endocrine imbalances and it can damage DNA. It messes with organ systems, it messes with the liver, the nervous system, it causes skin damage and it can mess with vision. And then the other chemical, the 1 4, dioxine, dioxane, d I O X A N E. I love a little cancer causing agent and I care about this. I am a cancer survivor. I have been cancer free since late 2017. And I care about this stuff. I mean, I cared about it before I got cancer, but not to the extent I do now. I care about it for other people and for our dogs. And you know, our dogs can't speak up for what they want, but their noses can. And I'll tell you, they don't like it either. It messes with their olfactory system. And then there's a bunch of other stuff that is in this unpronounceable chemicals. Okay? All have issues with the organization. They are. Almost all of them damage DNA. And it's just really sad that on the Environmental working group, another 12 to 15 substances have the letter D by them, which I would represent as don't. D for just don't. And terpenol is formaldehyde, and we know that causes cancer. We know that it has endocrine disruption. We know that it can damage DNA. That's been proven. So why are they allowed to put formaldehyde in some of these things? Okay. Why? I do not know. And we just have to speak up for ourselves. And, I mean, I can't tell you how many chemicals are just so gross in these types of products that a lot of people use every day. And so I am going to include the link to the Downy Unstoppable Wash Scent Booster Fresh. And you can look at some of the stuff that's in here. And I mean, we're talking like 20, 40. I mean, I. I can't count right now, but you will be amazed if you go to this link and go, oh, my God. Like, that's crazy, Rita. Yes, it is crazy. It's crazy town. Crazy town. And I just think, you know, the guy at my Airbnb, I don't think he knows. I think he thinks people like this smell, and maybe they do, but that's because their noses have become accustomed to it. I know that it's an assault to my nose, like, right away. Okay? Like right away. The little. I saw the little scented beads on top of the washer, and I was like, oh, gross. And, you know, there's so many dyes and colorants and fragrances and again, polyethylene glycol and dioxane in these things. And they're going into our water system. They're going into your body because it's sitting there on the fabric. And don't think that it doesn't go into your body. And people are using these not just for towels, but they're using them for their clothing as well. And our dog's blankets and our dog's beds. Our dogs do not want to smell that, okay? They don't want that in their air quality. They would pick being outside over being in the house anytime if you gave them the choice. But a lot of our animals don't get the choice. Or our kids. I don't have kids. But you know what? I'm saying, like, I use a company called True Earth and they're little laundry sheets. I really like them. They do not have nasty chemicals in them. I find them great. I use Borax. I use Arm and hammer baking soda and it depends on what I'm doing. I use white vinegar powder when things are super stinky. But mostly I use the True Earth and then I use wool dryer balls. Wool dryer balls are really good. My dogs love to play with them as well. So it's like a win win. But yeah, we really need to be concerned about the hormone disruptors that are in a lot of these products because they're messing with us as women. There's tons of carcinogenic chemicals of unknown origin. Like what are they? They're not disclosing this, but they have been studied and they do have that classification of cancer causing carcinogenic contaminants. And, and so we need to just be concerned about it. And like if you ever look at a bottle of Lysol, Lysol, you can turn it over and it will literally say hazardous to humans and animals. Do not breathe. And you're spraying it in the air. Okay, you're spraying it in the air and that is a huge problem. And dispersants, that dispersants, again, don't D for don't, don't disperse. Dispersants are a big issue and they care. They dispersants are made up of things called nitro. Some minds N I T R O s A M I N E S and that definitely is a toxic chemical and it's known to cause cancer in humans. Isn't that lovely? So yeah, we need to take responsibility for ourselves and our air quality and say no with our money and stop buying these horrible, horrible products that we put into our laundry thinking that we are doing something great like boosting a scent for 12 weeks. Just say no. Just say no. I know that I love getting into a bed that smells fresh. But not artificial. Right? Fresh clean laundry is amazing. But not artificial laundry. Now you could be asking yourself, how do I know if my laundry detergent is messing with my dog or cat or your bird or your pot bellied pig. I'm not sure what animals you have, but let's talk about dogs in general because that's what this is about. My life definitely has went to the dogs. So let's talk about symptoms. So symptoms. You got vomiting, chronic vomiting. I have definitely chronic itching. I cannot tell you the amount of times that itching has been from dryer Sheets and laundry detergents that are, you know, on the top of the mega companies lists. Get rid of those. And sometimes the itching will go away. You have to wash everything in vinegar and soda, but it will go away. And always try that first. But vomiting, diarrhea, you've got feeling disoriented. If they actually get into the laundry detergent. Muscle weakness, definitely seizures. And if your dog has seizures, make sure you are getting rid of all of your smelly stuff in your house because definitely can be cause of seizures. Plug dispersing essential oils nonstop. Stop that. Essential oils are the strongest form of herbal medicine and need to have a purpose, not just to use them for fragrance. We have other things that cause seizures. So bad candles, Plug ins with scents that you purchase at the store. And the main one starts with a G. But there are other types of, of plugins as well. Stop that. Bad. Incense. Incense. In general, if you have a seizure dog, you know, just eliminate all of that stuff from your life and your dog's life and see how your dog does without them. And again, this includes all of the laundry smells, all of the smells that you're adding to your house. Try getting rid of those, because seizures is a big deal. And a lot of times it can be through the olfactory system that your dog's seizures are being triggered. These types of laundry chemicals can cause eye irritations, of course, allergens, skin irritations, allergies, in general, sensitivities. It can overwhelm the immune system in such a way that your dog can't deal with other things that they should be able to deal with. And these are all types of smelly soaps, even including dish soap. Like at the Airbnb I was at, they had some gain dish soap that was green. And I was like, no, I am not using that. You opened it up and it filled the kitchen with such a stench. I was like, why does it have to smell this bad? Like, it is crazy. So you know, dishwashing detergent, dish soaps, dishwashing detergent stays on the glass. So you want to make sure that you are using good natural. No, un. I mean, completely unscented dishwasher detergent. And, and then, you know, you can take that as far as looking at your shampoos and conditioners. There's so many things that you can just go, you know, take those things, get them out of your life and go natural as far as all of the stuff that you're putting on or in your dog or honor in yourself. And that is contributing to poor air quality. Lack of appetite is another symptom. And you can have dogs with ulcers or lesions in the mouth. That is another thing. I always eliminate the laundry component for that because dogs will lick blankets. And if they're wrapped up in a blanket or they are on a bed that was washed in these chemicals, they can become disoriented, they can have muscle weakness, lethargy. So all of those things. And that's why I'm talking about it today. I mean, we just need to be mindful. There's no shame in the game. Right? Knowledge is power. And then, you know. Yeah, sometimes I wish I didn't know half the stuff that I do, but I do, and I feel so inclined to share it with you guys. So the. I think the lesson here is to be mindful. And I am going to give my Airbnb person some feedback tomorrow when I do their review, some private feedback to have them. I'm going to give them a few links and to have them possibly look at discontinuing that because, you know, would you stay here again? No, I would never stay there again. It's awful. In fact, it is going to be one of my questions for Airbnb. You know, do you use the list of detergents, fabric softeners and laundry boosters? And if they do, I am not going to stay there. I have good luck on Airbnb. But it is becoming more and more of a problem. And for me, it's nasty. I just don't want to be around it. You know, the plug ins I can unplug. Or those reeds, there's like these little reeds that they put in oil, this scented oil. Those are nasty. They are not natural. They're nasty. And they disperse scent throughout the house in the area that they're in. Don't use those either. So, Rita, what can we use? What can we use? Well, I'm an unscented girl myself. However, you can use soy candles with unleaded wicks, scented with essential oils, not fragrances. They're hard to come by. You could make some candles yourself. You can use like resin, handmade incense. It's made from tree resin, but you still want to burn it with an open window. You know, you get a little scent. You want to use it in small amounts. Get air cleaners are so awesome. Air filters in your house. You know, it's one of the things that I saved up for to have them throughout my house. I use a company called the Air Doctor. I like that filter. It does A nice job. And I've talked about Canary on this podcast. It's a little yellow thing that you put on the wall and it tells you when your air quality is crap. I love that guy. You can do like simmering a pot of dried orange or things like mugwort or lemon brines, lavender, cinnamon, chamomile, cloves, apple pieces, star anise, you can simmer those on the stove and it smells lovely. Even like dried cranberries have a nice smell. There's lots of things that you can make. I mean, it's what's called a simmer pot. And, and I love dried orange slices to help fragrant the air. It's lovely. And you can use some essential oils. But things like rosemary, dried rosemary with like dried orange slices are absolutely wonderful in a simmer pot. There's things that you can use around Christmas time. You can use things throughout the year. The lemon smells lovely. I like to use these things to fragrant the air. You can also use like chai spices, cardamom palms, like pods, tangerine peels, different citrus is just lovely. Grapefruit, allspice, ginger. Just use the root, don't use powder. Bay leaves, bay in general. You know, you can put that all together. Even like juniper berries are nice. And you put them in a warm pot and you let them simmer on the stove and the steam that comes off the pot smells lovely. It's non toxic. You can use some essential oils in a aromatherapy setting, but I definitely would not be in the home when you're doing it because those oils are giving a treatment to everyone in the home. And you just need to be careful that you're not giving your dog a treatment that they do not need. So I'm not a big fan of using scented like essential oils for scents. I like simmer pots a lot. And I mean, you know, just basic, like a nice lemon, you know, a lemon and a piece of a twig of rosemary can be a lovely simmer pot. And another thing, and I didn't know this was a thing and I recently found out about it was a candle warmer. So you have a scented candle with essential oils and you put it under a lamp that warms the candle, doesn't burn the candle, but it just gives off a light scent of the essential oils and it warms the candle. And I thought that was a really nice touch. I have not tried that yet and I should have, but I have not. So. But you definitely can make a simmer pot again. Limes, oranges, lemons, rosemary, juniper, cranberries, different types of spice, anything that you like to smell you can make a simmer pot out of. And another thing you can do like tree simmer pots like pine and spruce, cedar, different types of tree barks from downed limbs. You can put them in a simmer pot pot and let mix them with like oranges and rosemary and mint, things like that, sage, even things like rose petals as long as they haven't been sprayed with pesticides are lovely. So you can kind of, you know, use your imagination. Try some things out if you want a nice smell to go throughout your home or try some different scented. You can put a couple drops of essential oils on laundry balls and and put those in your laundry like lavender or mint or you know, something woodsy like a pine essential oil which is plentiful. Couple drops on a dryer ball might be real nice. So there are some options out there. I just want you to know about the dangers of using these newfound different types of chemicals that are found in our laundry detergents and wanted to have a discussion about it. So I hope you enjoyed that. Wanted to thank my other sponsor, adoredbeastapothecary.com love adored beast use their products all the time. 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