Comments on: The Dangers of Dryer Sheets

By: Melody

Melody — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:05:38 +0000

Hey! Thanks for the information. I really appreciated that you researched the chemicals as well. I referenced your article and linked back to you in an article (about homemade dryer sheets) that will mostly be published on 12/30/2011. Thanks again!

By: cindy belford

cindy belford — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:20:15 +0000

i used dryel sheets in my dryer for drycleaning a cashmere coat and the coat that was beige in color came out of the dryel bag a rust color. the shoulder pads had disintegrated and turned the coat rusty colored. besides that the next day my dryer broke and stopped drying .i think it was the dryel sheets.

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By: Annette Tweedel

Annette Tweedel — Mon, 31 May 2010 16:08:29 +0000

I find the smell of dryer sheets offensive. If you all only knew what was in those dryer sheets and what health problems they can bring on you would not be using them. There are alternatives.

By: mike

mike — Mon, 10 May 2010 14:41:14 +0000

interesting points…
guess it boils down to “trade-offs”… energy is a big one we are arguing now. Do we drill in the gulf and risk environmental disaster? Do we make ourselves more dependent on foreign oil? Do we build wind turbines though they may block a pristine view?

on dryer sheets – the health thing & chemicals are a bit scary. guess we’ll still use them – just not as much…

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By: Grover

Grover — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:55:46 +0000

Gnarly stuff. I haven’t used dryer sheets for years but when sharing an apartment building dryer you can’t help pick some of this gunk. I air dry what I can but there are limitations to my balcony space.

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Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:32:33 +0000

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By: heather

heather — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:59:10 +0000

Angie,

You rock. Seriously. I couldn’t have said it better myself!