Is Washing Up Liquid "edible" ? Posted: 05-05-05 02:06am
Hi!
I have been trying to find an answer to
this for a long time. I can't seem to
come up with anything sensible on the
search engines.
At home, I was taught to wash the dishes
in three steps: wash with the washing up
liquid, rinse with cold/hot water and dry
(or leave to dry).
I live in uk at the moment, I am not from
uk myself, and I have noticed that several
people skipped the rinsing step. All they
do is wash the dishes in a basin full of
water and washing up liquid and then put
them on the drying rack, they never rinse
the washing liquid off. At first I was
just quietly wondering if this was a
cultural thing but now I am becoming
increasingly concerned.
I have a friend with whom we cook dinners
together on average 2 times a week and
whenever this happens and he happens to be
washing up, the dishes end up covered in
the washing up liquid foam, waiting to
dry. I told him it made me feel
uncomfortable seeing that he wasn't
rinsing the dishes but he only paid
attention to it for a very short time and
then switched back to doing it the old
way.
I can't imagine using cutlery, plates and
pans that are covered in dried washing up
liquid. It says on the bottle that one
should rinse one's hands thoroughly after
washing up, so why would it be safe to
actually eat it (i imagine that it must
get mixed into the food if I put, say, a
cereal an milk mix into a bowl that hasn't
been rinsed properly).
Am I just being paranoid? Is it actually
safe to eat?
Thank you for any advice.
Spela
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happy_sunshine_yan
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Mar 2005 Posts: 94 Location: Burnaby, BC, Canada
Posted: 05-08-05 20:13pm
Generally speaking.. .Dishwashing liquid
is not edible unless it specifically saids
on the label that it is edible... U might
not feel sick right after.. But it builds
up in ur body and later on will cause side
effects.. I'm not a doctor.. But hope
this helps. =)
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spela
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 05 May 2005 Posts: 2
Posted: 05-09-05 17:35pm
Thanks :)
in my opinion it is common sense that one
shouldn't eat it but i've seen so many
people doing just that by not rinsing the
dishes after washing them in the solution
that I seriously started to wonder...
I have no idea how to convince my friend
that it is not a good idea to do this...
He just seems to be so touchy whenever I
point out he's doing something "wrong"...
I was hoping there would be a website or
something with a clear explanation that it
is not recommended to wash dishes like
that but I haven't managed to find
anything at all...
