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Experience Chemistry (non-biochemistry), environmental science, occupational health and safety, environmental regulation and management, environmental engineering, and wastewater engineering. I'm the Director of Environmental, Health, and Safety and the Director of Research at the Institute of Textile Technology.
Question Dr. Boyter,
I apologize for not answering some of your other questions in my replies. I was not able to post another follow-up, so I started a new thread.
We are on city water, and I am definitely talking about baking soda in all cases. I know one woman who uses washing soda with the same brand of detergent and has no problems.
I did another trial with a new washcloth in distilled water, with the detergent and with baking soda. I used my right hand to stir it, and discovered that when I was finished, there was a sticky residue on my hand that I could not rinse off. I then put just detergent on my left hand, and found it rinsed off easily.
So now I know why it seems to stick to my clothing--it even sticks to my hands. The question now is: why is it irritating our sinuses? What chemicals irritate mucous membranes without irritating skin?
Answer Many chemicals irritate the nose and not the skin. Start with black pepper. At this point, my only guess is that you have a bad bottle of detergent or what is in the box in not baking soda. If washing soda does not cause this problem, baking soda will not. The only experiment left is a new bottle of detergent and a new box of baking soda.
