Hot Water Removes Allergens Best

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Hot Water Removes Allergens Best

Hot, Not Warm, Water Is Needed To Kill Dust Mites, Remove Animal Dander

In Laundry, Study Shows

A new study shows washing laundry in hot water (140 degrees Fahrenheit)

kills 100 percent of dust mites.

But turn the dial down just 36 degrees to a warm, 104-degree

Fahrenheit wash and only 6.5 percent of dust mites are killed in the

laundry.

Hotter water was also better at removing dog dander and pollen.

In the study,

presented at the American Thoracic Society's 103rd International

Conference in San Francisco,

researchers compared the effectiveness of washing cotton sheets with

regular laundry detergent at various temperatures in removing dust

mites, dog dander, and pollen allergens.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/05/21/health/webmd/main2832168.shtml

Alana

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Thats why i ONLY wash in HOT water. Thanks for posting this !

CAROL CARUSO

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Hot Water Removes Allergens BestHot, Not Warm, Water Is Needed To Kill Dust Mites, Remove Animal Dander In Laundry, Study ShowsA new study shows washing laundry in hot water (140 degrees Fahrenheit) kills 100 percent of dust mites.But turn the dial down just 36 degrees to a warm, 104-degree Fahrenheit wash and only 6.5 percent of dust mites are killed in the laundry. Hotter water was also better at removing dog dander and pollen. In the study, presented at the American Thoracic Society's 103rd International Conference in San Francisco, researchers compared the effectiveness of washing cotton sheets with regular laundry detergent at various temperatures in removing dust mites, dog dander, and pollen allergens. http://www.cbsnews. com/stories/

2007/05/21/ health/webmd/ main2832168. shtmlAlana

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You're welcome, Carol.

You know what's scary, though -

I was reading a couple months ago how they are talking about washing

machines not having a hot cycle, or something like that.

But there were experts in the field saying that is not aceptable,

because you need 140 to kill all the mites.

Alana

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> Thats why i ONLY wash in HOT water. Thanks for posting this !

>  

> CAROL CARUSO

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Hi Jenn,

Maybe clothes would, but not towels and bedding.

I also do socks and underwear in hot.

I wash my clothes in cold water, and line dry.

I recently started using a laundry additive that is supposed to kill

mites, whenever I have to wash in cold water.

I am not familiar with celsius -

what is that in farenheit?

Alana

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> Do things not shrink, though, at that temperatiure? The hottest we

usually have is 90C, and that's only for white cotton. Most of my

clothes go in either at 30 or 40C depending on what is actually being

washed.

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Terry,

That is true -

I had to learn that lesson the hard way.

Alana

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> IF you concerned about things shrinking, it mainly happens in the

drying

> cycle (Dryer) so hang them up to dry I wash every thing we own in

HOT water,

> the Hotter the better.

>

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Thanks, Mike.

That is not hot enough, then -

you need 140 to kill the mites.

Alana

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> There is a site where you put one value in and it computes the

other for you.

>

> 30c = 86f

>

> 40c = 104f