The active ingredients in both laundry powders and liquids are "surfactants", also known as detergents (hence the product name). These are typically charged or "ionic" molecules that have two ...

Liquid detergents also contain preservatives to prevent the growth of microbes spoiling the mixture. There are also microbial implications for inside the washing machine. Liquid products can’t ...

The Seventh Generation Free & Clear Liquid Sensitive Skin is part of the Laundry Detergents test program at Consumer Reports. In our lab tests, Laundry Detergents models like the Free & Clear ...