Ask Umbra: Is it OK to lather up in the lake with biodegradable soap?

Grist
By Ask UmbraApr 14, 2014, 6:49 am50 pts
Q. I live on a small lake. I have a dock, and a kayak, and a pedal boat for my niece, and hands that get dirty. I’d like to have the safest possible soap to use on the dock to wash hands and boats and furniture, and so on. Based on my own research, it seems to me that Seventh Generation dish soap may actually…

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