“Do people in the UK really not rinse the soap off their dishes?” I texted. The native Brit replied, “I don’t know anyone who doesn’t wash the suds off.” The American expat ...

Dish soap creates excess suds, which can overflow, causing a soapy mess and potentially damaging your dishwasher. "The difference is huge, and it's all about chemistry," says Danny Pen ...

Surfactants lower the surface tension of the water and act as foaming agents. Once the soap suds of regular soaps enter water bodies, they can damage the mucus layer of aquatic animals.