How Laundry Detergent Caused an Environmental Disaster

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. Hosted by: Savannah Geary (they/them) ---------- Support us for $8/month on Patreon and keep SciShow going! https://www.patreon.com/scishow Or support us directly: https://complexly.com/support Join our SciShow email list to get the latest news and highlights: https://mailchi.mp/scishow/email ---------- H