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Thread Number: 96629
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Dishwashers Making People Sick? |
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Post# 1214045 9/7/2024 at 08:10 by chetlaham  (United States) |
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 Came across this in my feed about how bacteria builds up in dishwashers making people sick. Obviously its an add to get people to buy dishwasher cleaner. That aside I'm wondering how truthful their claims are and how much they reflect the real world. Unbiased unfiltered opinions welcome. CLICK HERE TO GO TO chetlaham's LINK | ||
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Post# 1214046 , Reply# 1 9/7/2024 at 08:17 by ozzie908 (Lincoln UK) |
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Never been an issue  | ||
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Post# 1214055 , Reply# 2 9/7/2024 at 10:40 by Combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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We see a lot of gross dishwashers in the field
Don’t know whether they make people sick or not, but they certainly could, many people don’t use their dishwasher properly or their washing machines for that matter. This has been discussed at length here.
To use a dishwasher properly you need to use the normal or heavy cycle always use a sufficient quantity of good detergent. No ego stuff always select the high temp washing option. If you use a dishwasher properly, the dishes should come out sparkling always the machine should always smell clean inside and you won’t have any of the problems, detailed in the link above. If you have really hard water, you might need to use a D lining agent in it periodically, but it’s better just to use the proper detergent in the first place for your water conditions or the worst case scenario install a water softening system for your house. John | ||
| Post# 1214067 , Reply# 3 9/7/2024 at 12:39 by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
I add a shotglass of chlorine bleach to every load.... and the inside of my dishwasher just smells like what you would expect... that almost clean sanitized smell. There's no way anything's growing in there. I know LCB supposedly kills enzymes... but I think the fact that most the the LCB gets drained and washed away before the main wash starts... it doesn't seem to bother the detergent. And it defintiely keeps the inside of the dishwasher smelling fresh.. I've done this for a LOOONG time now... I used to not have to because most dishwasher detergents had bleach. I think a few still might... but I don't use those.
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Post# 1214068 , Reply# 4 9/7/2024 at 12:39 by chetlaham (United States) |
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Post# 1214088 , Reply# 6 9/7/2024 at 18:29 by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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Post# 1214104 , Reply# 7 9/7/2024 at 23:58 by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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With dishwashers I have used-and hand wash dishes-I haven't gotten sick.If the dishwasher-or its being blamed-sounds like cockpit errors to me. | ||
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Post# 1214152 , Reply# 8 9/8/2024 at 16:00 by Novum (Ireland) |
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Seems very unlikely unless everything’s being washed at low temp on short cycles in a badly loaded machine, with detergent that’s actually made out of cheese or something. | ||
| Post# 1214154 , Reply# 9 9/8/2024 at 16:08 by William8 (Michigan) | ||
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Post# 1214179 , Reply# 10 9/9/2024 at 03:16 by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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Post# 1214181 , Reply# 11 9/9/2024 at 03:30 by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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"I used to not have to because most dishwasher detergents had bleach. I think a few still might..."
Professional/institutional/food service automatic dishwasher detergents still can be had loaded with chlorine bleach. One is the famous old standby Hytron: www.amazon.com/Stearns-Hy... Such dishwashers are more for sanitizing and getting things to last mile of clean when compared to domestic units. Besides providing sanitation chlorine bleach breaks down protein which would include soils such as egg and milk on dishes or glassware. There is also by local health codes places that serve food to public must either use chemical or thermal sanitation for dish and glass ware washed by machine. P&G along with rest largely phased out domestic dw detergents with chlorine bleach in favour of using enzymes. There were also some complaints from housewives or others using domestic dishwashers about smell of chlorine wafting though kitchens. IIRC old some old Electrasol dw detergents (gel formula?) still contained chlorine bleach. | ||
| Post# 1214526 , Reply# 13 9/12/2024 at 10:03 by johnb300m (Chicago) | ||
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Post# 1214552 , Reply# 14 9/12/2024 at 15:05 by appnut (TX) |
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