From Mr W. J. Bowler, MRPharmS
SIR,—Washing-up liquids have been in use since the 1930s. Has anyone
ever put forward the hypothesis that their use may well have been responsible
for the increasing crop of cases of coronary heart disease some 40 to 60 years
later? When one considers that small amounts of washing-up liquids have been
ingested from cutlery and drinking vessels over a similar period it would be
no small surprise to learn that these highly efficient products over the years
had made fats soluble so well that they have entered the lipid system more readily.
Having had a warning, I now insist that tableware is always well rinsed.
W. J. Bowler
Sidmouth, Devon