sudsreturn
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Lysol used to available here, and was only on sale in chemists, the same stuff you can get in the US, the brown concentrate stuff. My mum and nana used a very small amount in the last rinse, and I heard it was taken off the shelves because it caused skin cancer!!! I doubt it was that serious, but I reckon some people got nasty reactions to it. After that, most people switched to Dettol, which isn't as strong, but it does state on the bottle that it can be used in laundry, and I only put around half a cap full to the last rinse in a twin tub, and a cap full to the last rinse in an auto. Putting it in with the detergent kills the detergent suds and you get a bad wash. TCP is another one that very few people use, and Savlon is also available for disinfecting laundry. I only use it for the clean smell, and I never use it on pet bedding, as it is poisonous to them. Carbolic soap (Lifebouy) used to smell similar to Lysol, and it only available in the afro carribean shops in London, usually made by Carib and Germosol. And yes, a certain ingredient was taken out a few years ago, to stop people with bad rashes, but like all things, it was use for yeas with no problems, same as years ago you never heard of people having problems with eating wheat, or milk etc etc.... I have used Dettol all my life in my wash, and always will, never done me no harm. And yes, I clean with it too! Wish I could get some original Lysol shipped over, missed that stuff. For the UK guys who never used it, it did smell slightly like a watered down Jeyes Fluid.
