Organismi_acquaticiNature and biodiversity of living species must be protected, in order to prevent imbalances which may, in the long run, harm human beings.

Chemicals in question show high acute toxicity towards crustaceans, fishes and seaweeds. This toxicity is expressed by EC50 value, which corresponds to the concentration leading 50% organisms (crustaceans, fishes or seaweeds) evaluated to death or immobilization.
Highly toxic chemicals need only few concentration to kill a loto of organisms.
If we find a way to increase water amount (or to reduce this kind of chemicals quantity), we reach concentrations lower than threshold value; going on to dilute, deaths decrease until the safe concentration.

Conventional detergents, for laundry and hard surfaces cleaning, usually contain many higly toxics towards aquatic organisms, some of them in high amount.
Once used for cleaning, they should be rinsed with a very large amount of water, in order to minimize toxicity toward aquatic plants and animals.
Nevertheless, that kind of chemicals is not easily identifiable by consumers, so this simple countermeasure cannot be taken. On the other hand, this is not a way to spare water, ecologically speaking… but we daily experience the paradox of modern laundry machines and dishwashers, which use less and less washing and rinsing water, without having reduced highly toxics towards aquatic organisms into the detergents.

Bensos chose not to use such chemicals in commonly used products. We strictly use them – in small amounts – only in some products branded Linea Forte, mainly quaternary ammonium salt based hygienizers; their use must be limited to cases of need and for rinsing we recommend to use a large amount of water.

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