When polluters come crying to government, the rest of us suffer.
In fact, this is no more than special pleading by one major manufacturer, Proctor & Gamble, which controls well over half the detergent market through Cascade. A number of smaller companies, notably Colgate-Palmolive, have managed to make and market phosphate-free detergents. Why should Proctor &; Gamble get to set Maryland's environmental agenda based on its own ease and convenience? Read more By David Dempsey