Fox is reporting this like it is something new? I thought most places banned phosphates in detergents about 40 years ago because the phosphorus in the wastewater was leading to massive weed and algae blooms in lakes and rivers. They switched to sulfate based surfactants instead. Phosphorus is one of the main limiting nutrients for aquatic plant life, so allowing large amounts of P to get into aquatic systems is very bad.
People can clean their dishes with a little elbow grease. Cleaning up a lake that is so weed choked you could walk across it isn't so easy.
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