What the manufacturers won't tell you...

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. -- Consumers who have noticed a change in how their dishwasher is working are not alone. A viewer asked News 8 to look into the issue.
Joyce Bohn is a little reluctant to open her dishwasher these days, she said."Oh boy, I was afraid of this," said Bohn.Her dishes were coming out of the dishwasher looking like the appliance had not even been turned on."The glasses were so terrible you could hardly see through them. They had a real bad feel to the outside," said Bohn.At first, Bohn thought her 20-year-old dishwasher was the problem."We went out and bought a new dishwasher to the tune of $759," said Bohn.But that didn't even get the dishes cleaner. So she called Proctor & Gamble -- the company that makes her dishwashing powder."I have been using Cascade powder for years, ever since I had a dishwasher," said Bohn.She was shocked to get this response on the other end of the line: "We've been getting a high volume of calls of complaints because the powder is no longer working. You should stop using it."As of July 1, Pennsylvania joined 15 other states in banning all phosphates in dishwashing powder.When phosphorus gets into fresh water, it acts as a fertilizer and promotes algae growth. When the algae begins to die out, it sucks the oxygen out of the water, killing off fish and other forms of aquatic life.She has now switched over to the Cascade gel and it's working great, Bohn said.But she wishes the company had come clean about the change in their product before she dropped a lot of change for a new dishwasher."I guess my question is, why wasn't the public informed?" said Bohn.Proctor & Gamble said it does not plan to phase out the dishwasher powder despite consumer complaints.

It's a shame that Mrs. Bohn doesn't realize that the chlorine in the Cascade gel is harmful to her family, but if P&G isn't going to tell them their products don't work, do you think they'll tell them that they're harmful?....

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