YONKERS, N.Y. Consumer Reports this month named four low-phosphate dishwasher detergents as "recommended products" in its latest tests. Consumer Reports tested 24 low- or no-phosphate dish detergents ...

Memo to Todd Mielke, Spokane County commissioner. Re: The proposed ban on dishwasher detergent containing phosphates. Todd, just heard a fancy-shmancy public relations firm will try to convince people ...

Global household products maker Procter & Gamble said on Monday it will eliminate phosphates from all of its laundry detergents in the next two years. Mass market brands including Tide, Ariel, Ace and ...

Phosphate-free detergents are better for the environment because they can encourage algae growth in fresh water. The study found that many phosphate-free detergents don't do a very good job cleaning, ...

Back in the mid-19th century, the message was, Go west, young man. Since last summer in the Spokane, Washington, area, however, people have been heading eastward to Idaho. They're not in search of ...

Why haven’t phosphates been removed from dishwashing detergents like they have been from laundry detergents? I know they make your clothing look brighter, but what do they do for dishes? Grist thanks ...

Environmental restrictions on phosphates in dishwashing detergents might be the cause of the chalky film that many area residents say has been accumulating on dishes and cooking utensils. Missouri is ...

Union environment minister Prakash Javadekar today said the government will surely think of banning use of phosphate in detergents when there was an alternative to do so. Javadekar said he would see ...

2 people killed, 2 injured in Tacoma head-on collision; dog also killed Two people were killed and two others were injured in a head-on crash on Yakima Avenue in Tacoma on Thursday afternoon.