Water has a cleaning action by itself, especially when it is hot. Just think about cooking pasta: when we add salt to the water, it soon dissolves. The same thing happens to soil, particularly to powder or dry mud. Well… why detergents are requested? There are various
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If we just cooked beans, lentils or other legumes, or some slow-cooking foods, it could happen that they stick to the bottom of the pot or of the pressure cooker. Water may also be missing and the pot may be singed. How to clean these stains without
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From the start, Bensos’ history was characterized by studying any little particular, trying to care every ethycal issues. The protection of the environment was the first goal, the objective in our mind since high school. Then new issues were added, from the protection of users against chemicals
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Both natural and synthetic chemicals can be divided in two categories: those which mix well with water and those which mix well with oil. Water and oil are not mixable (unless we add other chemicals with “bridge” function), so the separation is clear: just look at some
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As the laundry machine, the dishwasher can be regarded as an achievement of the family and, particularly, of women: it relieves of daily washing-up, making it possible to carry out other tasks. Machine dishwashing is characterized by upper-middle temperatures and by alkaline pH detergents, not adequate for
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This year, for Christmas’ packagings of detergents we just have chosen L’Ortica Association from Milan. This is a charitable and cultural association, with the aim of teaching and refining techniques to be used in their working life by disadvantaged people, such as autistic people. Weaving is very
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Hard water is not harmful (see article about softened water), but it makes less efficient detergency, particularly in machine washing. Household dishwashers are provided with internal water softeners, that removes lime form washing water on condition that periodically is reloaded with the specific salt. Lack of salt
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Extravergin olive oil shows high nutritional value and is an excellence in Italian traditional food. To maintain high quality productions, it is recommended to clean the mill with efficient detergents containing no substances of toxicological concern and no fragrances that could modify organoleptic properties of olive oil.
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Phosphorus-based ingredients are common in detergents, as they improve surfactants efficacy, particularly in hard water. However they should be avoided for some reasons. The first reason is eutrophication, the uncontrolled growth of seaweeds following a complex pathway, with irreversible lethal effects on aquatic fauna. European Commission is
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Amines are chemicals generally from natural origin, they are found for example in fish, fruit, milk and dairy products. In detergency and other industrial fields, both modified natural and synthetic amines are common. As often in Chemistry, each chemical must be considered by itself, as its ecological
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