Question from S.L.
On your website under the section “At Home With Debra . . . How I Really Live” you say that you use an unscented liquid soap that you got as a bonus to clean your dishes and countertops. I’m wondering if you’ve run out of that original supply and if so, what do you use now?
Debra’s Answer
We’re still using the dish soap we got with our water softener. Some other products I have used in the past to wash my dishes include Dr. Bronner liquid soaps (now made from organically-grown ingredients) and a dishwashing liquid I got at Williams-Sonoma that they don’t carry any more, which was scented with kitchen fragrances, such as sweet basil and meyer lemon. When we run out of what we have, I’ll probably go back to Dr. Bronner.
Is it safe to reuse a plastic container which previously had an antibacterial hand soap with triclosan as an active ingredient? I bought it because of its foaming dispenser, washed it, and poured Dr. Bronner’s soap in it. The clean container still had some chemical smell.
Thank you,
Karina
I would say as a general rule to NEVER reuse a plastic container that previously had a toxic ingredient in it.