The dishwasher is often run several times a day and efficiently cleans our dishes and cutlery. But did you know that your dishwasher can be dangerous to your health? No matter if it is in a restaurant or at school. one appears study From the University of Zurich and published on Thursday.
According to the study, many professional dishwashers do not perform any additional rinsing procedures to remove rinse aid from detergent tablets that may stick to clean dishes.
Toxic rinse aid
Researchers at the Swiss Institute for Allergy and Asthma Research believe there is a risk of toxic rinses getting into the stomach and intestines. It can harm the body’s natural protective barrier and the development of the intestinal tract.
It’s particularly worrying that many devices don’t perform extra rinse cycles to remove fabric softener residue, says Sesme Akdis, study author and researcher at the University of Zurich.
The protective barrier is disturbed
The research group then investigated how dangerous it is when the protective barrier wears off.
They concluded that diseases such as food allergies, obesity, multiple sclerosis, chronic depression, diabetes, and Alzheimer’s disease can be associated when the protective barrier is disturbed.
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