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Cross Contamination From Laundry?

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Trymester Contributor
Trymester
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How careful do we have to be? I am currently living with my family. Am I allowed to have my laundry mixed in with theirs, or no? What is your take on this?

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shopgirl
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I don't think you have anything to worry about with laundry. :)

modiddly16 Enthusiast
modiddly16
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I've also never heard any issues with laundry. I suppose it depends on how messy your gluten eating household members are though :)

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celiac-mommy
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I had a panic attack last week when I pulled my brother's laundry out of the washer and realized that he's been putting his work clothes in there (He makes all the dough at a pizzaria and is usually covered head to toe in flour)-but I reminded myself that he's been doing his laundry at our house for the past 4 months and no one has gotten sick at all. I just asked him to add an extra rinse cycle onto the wash.

T.H. Community Regular
T.H.
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If you are really, really sensitive, you might want to buy a gluten-free laundry soap and possibly rinse twice to make sure you get all the gluten off of the clothing. A lot of the main soap brands are gluten-free, though, so it's not hard to find one.

So far, the soap and the agitation on our clothes have been pretty good about washing off the gluten, although I did get the gluten free soap, myself. Mostly, for me, because when we put the laundry soap into the washer, a little poofs into the air and I almost always inhale it.

tarnalberry Community Regular
tarnalberry
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I've not only never had an issue with laundry, we wash the baby's cloth diapers in the wash - exclusively breastfed poop just goes right in. I think if poop will wash out, the gluten will as well. :)

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