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And even as algae consumes that phosphorus, it is being topped up in the water by agriculture, wastewater, un-maintained septic tanks, industry and every household in the catchment that puts phosphorus-containing detergent into the system.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

Executives at rival companies have expressed bewilderment at the resulting product—a flexible 3-inch white square made of detergent fibers that feels like a pad of fabric.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

Their mission that day was to come up with a new format of Tide detergent with improved features, such as stronger cleaning and better odor removal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

Miners mix mud with powdered detergent, which then flows through a series of chutes covered with materials that absorb the mineral.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

Then I put on coffee to boil and brought out my garbage-bucket laundry, which had been jouncing for two days, and rinsed the detergent out at the edge of the lake.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

Many common products, including plastics and detergents, rely on chemical reactions that depend on catalysts made from precious metals such as platinum.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 24, 2026

He then started his career in marketing at consumer-goods conglomerates, working on brands from detergents to dairy products.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025

The colorless gas is also used to make chemicals found in products such as antifreeze, detergents, plastics and adhesives.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2025

They also requested blankets, food and cleaning detergents.

From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2025

Water pollution experts throughout the United States are concerned by the fact that detergents are now a troublesome and practically universal contaminant of public water supplies.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson