Going Green as You Clean: Are 'Green' Detergents Less Toxic Than Conventional Detergents?

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Going Green as You Clean: Are 'Green' Detergents Less Toxic Than Conventional Detergents?

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This experiment tells us to use worms, is it possible for us to switch out the worms for stained clothes?
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Re: Going Green as You Clean: Are 'Green' Detergents Less Toxic Than Conventional Detergents?

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Hello!

I'm sorry for the late response. The purpose of using the worms is to test whether or not the "green" detergents are less toxic than conventional detergents. The number of worms that die when they are exposed to the detergent tell you how safe the detergent is. Using stained clothes wouldn't be able to tell you anything about safety since the clothes aren't alive. But if you wanted to use stained clothes, you can modify the project a bit and compare the effectiveness of the detergents instead of their safety. You could see whether the green detergents remove stains as well as the normal detergents do.

I hope this helps!
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