| It is thankful that we live in a society
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| | used to treat skin diseases as well as
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| whereby cleanliness is absolutely
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| | for washing. The Greeks were also
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| essential for healthy living, aesthetic
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| | recorded to have bathed for aesthetic
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| appeal and general hygiene purposes.
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| | reasons, but according to historical
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| Industrial cleaning supplies are readily
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| | facts, they did not use soap and used
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| available for companies that take health
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| | ashes, sand, pumice and clay before
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| and hygiene more seriously. Cleaning is
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| | smearing themselves with oil. They would
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| more about reducing the number of
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| | then scrape the oil and dirt off with a
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| bacteria or germs spreading from everyday
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| | metal instrument called a strigil.
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| dirt and grime, However, some argue that
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| | Soap was used for many years after, right
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| too much cleaning can have more damaging
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| | through to the Roman civilisation where
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| effects on your health, from the harmful
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| | the first of the Roman baths was
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| chemicals that are used in some cleaning
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| | introduced around 312 B.C. They used soap
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| products which can act as an irritant to
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| | and the waters from the aqueducts as
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| the skin.
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| | recommended by the Greek physician Galen
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| The cleaning process is certainly not a
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| | by the second century AD. However, during
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| new trend: household and industrial
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| | the fall of the Roman Empire cleaning
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| cleaning suppliers have produced various
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| | standards had dropped dramatically
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| products each year making the content
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| | resulting in the deadly plagues of the
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| safer and improving the standard of
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| | Middle Ages. By the 17th century,
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| cleanliness for consumers. Early usage
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| | bathing and personal hygiene came back
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| of soap to clean clothing and surfaces
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| | into fashion in much of Europe.
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| was nothing more than in the form of
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| | Detergents
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| ashes, animal and/or vegetable fats and
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| | The making of soap stayed more or less
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| clay. This soap-like substance was
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| | the same until around 1916. Post world
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| popular during the Roman civilisation and
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| | war culture saw a lack of essential
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| so gave rise to awareness for personal
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| | supplies for the production of soap,
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| and general hygiene.
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| | namely vegetable and animal fats as a
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| History of Soap
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| | main ingredient. The first synthetic
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| The birth of industrial cleaning supplies
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| | detergent was put together from a number
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| as we know it was not discovered until
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| | of different raw materials that were
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| much later into the early 20th century.
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| | available. Normal soap when mixed with
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| However personal cleaning can be dated as
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| | mineral salts in water would form an
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| far back as the prehistoric times, when
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| | insoluble substance known as soap curd,
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| the earliest people living near
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| | whereas the new detergent would not have
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| water-based areas used to clean
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| | the same effect, which was a main
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| themselves or mainly wash the mud off
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| | advantage of using synthetic detergent.
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| their hands. The soap-like material was
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| | Since then the production of detergents
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| then discovered in 2800BC, at the bottom
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| | had surpassed the sale of soap in
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| of clay pots, during the excavation of
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| | household cleaning. Detergents with soap
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| ancient Babylon. The soap consisted of
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| | are commonly used in either liquid or
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| water, alkali and cassia oil; the
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| | powder form. This also sparked the
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| ingredients were recorded on a Babylonian
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| | production of more industrial cleaning
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| clay tablet around 2200 BC.
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| | supplies across the globe, with companies
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| Ancient Egyptians are recorded to have
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| | and buildings using strong products that
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| bathed regularly using a soap like
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| | contain safe chemicals and non-toxic
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| product combining animal and vegetable
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| | solvents for use on various hard surfaces
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| oils with alkaline salts; this was also
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| | cleaning.
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