Yes,washing clothes in cold water is good.
Is the use of Tide safe and healthy? Tide Laundry Detergent comes with the following label: Handling: "Keep out of reach of children. Product is an irritant, avoid contact with the eyes and wear protective gloves (rubber, neoprene) for prolonged direct contact. May be harmful if swallowed. Store in a dry location to avoid dispensing problems". The Fresh Scent on the lable is fragrance. I know several people that can't go within 10 ft. of this detergent because they have a reaction to the inorganic chemicals found in this detergent. An internet search for "tide detergent, harmful chemicals" might be helpful.

We have to wash our sheets once a week in piping hot water. Our daughter has dust mite allergies. I wish Seventh Generation would come out with a cold water laundry detergent for dustmites.

i use country save and it is by far the best choice for me!
http://www.countrysave.com/

Interesting about this new "version" of Tide. I'm allergic to Tide as their "usual" formula is
sadly known for building up in clothes and causing skin irritations for people with sensitive skin. But perhaps this new formula will be different!
Maryjo

Tide is nasty stuff. I won't use it - I use my laundry water with a graywater system to water my fruit trees.

I've never seen a laundromat that charges less for cold water washes than hot water washes, though I once lived in an apartment where the landlord disconnected the hot water from the washing machine and lowered the price at the same time. So, we saved energy and money but weren't exactly offered a true price incentive to do so.

Seemed like a good idea at first, but turns out it's not that great.

To bad most homes I've been in use hot water tanks that use constant energy to keep them warm, instead of some sort of on-demand system.

The laundromat down the street from me (somewhat oddly called "Sparkle Temptations") is the only laundromat I've ever been to, and hot water washes in the double loaders cost more than cold water washes. There's actually three settings - 1.25 for cold, 1.50 for cold/hot, and 1.75 for hot.

I imagine the practice is at least somewhat widespread, I thought all laundromats did it.

Didn't we comment on this in a previouw post? The pros and cons of cold water wash for clothes? How hot water is kinda needed to kill all the bad germs and stuff? Which is why it's good to hang them to dry in the sun, cause the sun kills bugs... Which is why it's good to wash undies separate... I don't know about Tide... it's Procter & Gamble... can a Zebra change its stripes? I don't know. We buy our laundry liquid at Trader Joes or in a pinch, fragrance free something or other. A little bleach is the best disinfectant, hydrogen peroxide works good too, and doesn't discolor as much. They make floating rafts out of old Tide bottles where the empties wash up on third world beaches...

Just because Tide says it can now be used in cold water doesn't mean the rest of the world. The trick is half of the prescribed amount of soap (which is excessive to begin with) and a longer spin cycle. It's like no one asked their parents how they saved money. For mites, camphor smoke will get rid of the bed bugs, although it stinks no biting mites...

just on a side note. Tide is made by Procter & Gamble. I personally try to avoide their products. animal testing, and such. (http://www.uncaged.co.uk/pg.htm)

Here in Japan washing machines are connected to the cold water supply. I've seen a few (imported - expensive) that heat the water, most don't. Whether the washing powders, liquids, detergents are reformulated for this I don't know, but many of the common (for a Brit) brands are available. This was one of the biggest differences for me as UK generally uses hot/warm water for clothes washing. Clothes don't seem as clean to me, so a bleach (non-chlorine) is used for most washes, not very green!

If you use Seventh Generation Free and Clear powdered laundry detergent you do not have to purchase laundry softener as it has laundry softener in it. I am very particular about laundry and only buy powdered detergent without a scent. It works beautifully in cold water and all temps. If you want extra white laundry use Bio-Kleen Extra Oxygen Plus. Bio-Kleen has a smaller scoop, therefore is inexpensive when used as necessary, and works much better than any other oxygen bleach and doesn't stink like chemicals. These laundry cleaners will sterilize your clothing - if you line dry your laundry for up to an hour in the sun your clothing will be sterilized by UV from the sun. Don’t line dry anything with stretch like a woman’s bathing suit – the higher level of UV from the sun, due to global warming, will destroy spandex and similar stretch fabrics.

In Malaysian Borneo, piped water is common enough, but piped hot water is not. Washing machines get connected to cold water only (green!) but the laundry detergents appear to be very strong -- don't know anything about the chemistry (not green?). Then the clothes are hung out in the equitorial sun all day (green!). Incidentally, some of the washers will pump the soapy water out to a separate tub and bring in fresh water for rinsing. then for the next load it will reuse the soapy water from the outside tub (green! but maybe not so sanitary). Many women do the laundry by hand (green! but they'd probably rather have machines) also using cold water. Finally, the used water is discharged onto the ground where it runs down into the streams and turns them gray.

I would like to see more tide fabric dryer sheets to come out on the market.

I bought cold water tide because of its recommendation in consumer reports. It is suppose to save ten cents per wash but the price of cold water tide is at least twice the price of all the other laundry detergents so it probably isn't a bargain in the long run.

No animals
were used in testing Country Save products.

is this harmfull to the world, amimal or people?

Girls i don’t know about you but im getting suck of doin all the laundry around my house