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Does washing dishes leave toxic detergent residue on plates?

Are the residues from common manual dish washing significantly toxic to humans in the short or long term?
14 August 2017
Presented byKatie Haylor.
Production byKatie Haylor.

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Caitlin asked whether detergent residues left on crockery and cutlery could be bad for our health. Katie Haylor spoke to Rob Chilcott from the University of Hertfordshire to find out.

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