{"id":142313,"date":"2021-09-07T16:23:31","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T07:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=142313&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2021-09-07T16:23:31","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T07:23:31","slug":"islanders-in-fukuoka-test-switch-to-additive-free-detergents","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/islanders-in-fukuoka-test-switch-to-additive-free-detergents\/","title":{"rendered":"Islanders in Fukuoka Test Switch To Additive-free Detergents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A social trial to test the effects after discontinuing the use of synthetic detergents began on an island within Munakata City, Fukuoka Prefecture. The industry-academia-government collaboration project involves using additive-free soap products of Shabondama Soap Co., Ltd. of Kitakyushu City to use other detergents by the islanders. For the next three months, sewage will be regularly monitored to assess the environmental effects. <\/span><b>Source:\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yomiuri.co.jp\/national\/20210902-OYT1T50243\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yomiuri<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/prtimes.jp\/main\/html\/rd\/p\/000000015.000067163.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PR Times<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/jinoshima.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-142328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/jinoshima-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/jinoshima-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/jinoshima-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/jinoshima-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/jinoshima-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:View_of_Jinoshima_Island_from_Ferry_%22Oshima%22.JPG\">\u305d\u3089\u307f\u307f (Soramimi)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\">CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\n<p><b>Disclaimer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Fukuoka Now posts summaries of Kyushu area news for those who cannot read Japanese. 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