Detergent pods are handy, but I can use them with a clean conscience?

Grist
By Ask Umbra®Feb 29, 2016, 6:00 am83 pts
Q. Dear Umbra, Laundry and dishwasher pods are convenient, but every time I use one my mind explores what’s in that ultrathin membrane that dissolves, and what it might be doing to water quality and the environment. Plop or pour? What’s a girl to do? TrishHouston, Tex. A. Dearest Trish, “Plop or pour?”…

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