What is the best laundry detergent for allergy sufferers?

Question

I am allergic to most dyes, perfumes, fabric softeners and I have hay fever. I have tried All Free and clear. I t is good for my allergies, but does not get the clothes as clean as others. Tide works well to clean the clothes, but most of the scents drive me crazy. Help?

Answer 1

All free and clear is great. I always wash my allergy sufferer Son's clothes (and now the new baby) twice. Once with a full wash, with full amount of soap, Second with half the soap, and a double rinse. That gets them clean.

I only do that with the bright and whites. The colors and darker things don't need to look as good. A double rinse is mandatory.

My Son's partner uses Dreft and swears by it. Try it, you might like it better.

Answer 2

Laundry Detergent Allergy

Answer 3

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What is the best laundry detergent for allergy sufferers?
I am allergic to most dyes, perfumes, fabric softeners and I have hay fever. I have tried All Free and clear. I t is good for my allergies, but does not get the clothes as clean as others. Tide works well to clean the clothes, but most of the scents drive me crazy. Help?

Answer 4

Hypoallergenic Detergent

Answer 5

What works best for my family is Purex Free & Clear. It's hypoallergenic and has no perfumes or dyes. It comes in a white bottle to distinguish it from their other products. You can get it at the grocery store or at Target/Wal-Mart. Where I live it's about half price at Target compared to the grocery store.

I learned the hard way not to use Tide on my husband's clothes. He had a severe allergic massive swelling/massive shrinking reaction to it where he least wanted it. He had to go to the ER it was so bad. The doctors finally determined the only thing different in his life was that I had just switched to Tide. He'd seen the problem before with this brand.

Answer 6

Tide free. We suffer the same thing & find this is the best.

It is also one of the best as far as the environment goes (believe it or not, All and Sunlight fail in this regard).

We also don't use dryer sheets. I heard that they can be used to repel insects. I looked it up on their web site, and sure enough, there it was. Nope, I don't need pesticide in the laundry, thank you very much!

Yes, our clothes have a little more static in them, but oh well. A little water on your body under the static usually fixes that (ie on your legs when you first put on your skirt or slacks. There are also those dryer ball things, but I think they are a waste of time.

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Answer 7

I suggest trying Get Clean Fresh Laundry Concentrate. I use the liquid but it's also available in powder form as well. It's all natural, biodegradable, hypoallergenic and has no phosphates or chlorine. I also love the dryer sheets.

Hope this is helpful and feel free to contact me with questions.

Answer 8

I'm allergic to Tide so i use All free and clear. Sometimes i use Era i don't think my allergies are as severe as yours. I don't have any problems getting clothes clean with the All free and clear if there are any stains on anything i soak it in Shout and let it sit for a while before washing it.

Answer 9

Have you tried the Meleleuca products? Liquid detergent should be the best. Use as little as possible & you may benefit from an extra rinse. (Can anyone else see that your clothes "aren't as clean? If not, so what? Your health is more important.) Good luck!

Answer 10

I used Seventh Generation for years. But now they added a stain removing enzyme, "mannanase", and despite five rinses I can no longer use their product. I am looking for another hypoallergenic detergent, without petrochemicals, but I don't want the vegetation oil based products, which can go rancid, either.