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| MLA Full: | "How Laundry Detergent Caused an Environmental Disaster." YouTube, uploaded by SciShow, 15 June 2026, www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtuZD2bjFPQ. |
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SciShow, "How Laundry Detergent Caused an Environmental Disaster.", June 15, 2026, YouTube, 13:05, https://youtube.com/watch?v=PtuZD2bjFPQ. |
The introduction of domestic laundry machines came with unexpected, and massive, consequences: the suds from new synthetic detergents were just too good at their job. Bubbles started clogging freshwater sources, spiraling into a full blown environmental disaster that took decades to clean up.
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