hot for towels and white underwear. I have a 9 year old DS who waits until the last second to go to the bathroom. Makes me crazy! Cold for everything else. Soap does a good job of zapping germs, as does the hot dryer or sunshine.

What temperature do you wash your laundry in?

Hi Anne, I found this: http://www.pburch.net/dyeing/dyelog/B1063361308/C22699859/E20061206202040/index.html Probably doesn't answer your myth question completely, but I couldn't find anything else when I searched.

Great site, quite interesting. I was amazed to learn that so many places don't allow washing lines. My inlaws lived in Germany for a while, and they weren't allowed to hang laundry on a sunday (or mow lawns, etc) which I think is a good idea - maybe that would be a good compromise (though, with...