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"Why Everything Is Dirtier" Excerpt from The Mises Institute article by Jeffrey A. Tucker 05/05/2011

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It is true that trisodium phosphate produces cleaner laundry? "Bingo. Cleaner laundry. Cleaner than what? Anything else. Not "commercially viable" means that governments will no longer permit laundries to clean your shirts. You can add TSP at home — government hasn't restricted that yet — but commercial houses cannot. However, the Laundry Institute did say that "there are other ways to achieve a clean shirt." What are they? He didn't say. He said: "you will have to do some legwork to find a cleaner that meets your needs."My needs? My needs are for clean clothes, same as the laundry needs...

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So what's with that name... Bubble Bandit?

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How did we choose the name "Bubble Bandit"? Well, you have to go back to 2009 when Spokane County in Washington state became the first place to ban the retail sale of dishwasher detergent containing phosphate for residential use. Many residents of that county soon started to notice the new “green” detergents didn’t work. And they didn’t like that at all. So ladies would hop into their minivans and drive 30 miles to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, where they would stock up on their old dishwasher detergents, bringing back cases of it for themselves, friends, relatives. The media dubbed these folks...

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Switch from the Amazon Platform

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We recently moved our Bubble Bandit website to Shopify as Amazon will discontinue hosting websites other than their own in 2016. We hope you like some of the changes we have made to make your shopping experience better. We now offer multiple ways to pay including PayPal and Checkout by Amazon as well as through our ecommerce system.

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