4 Laundry Detergent Ingredients You Should Avoid Hidden in many laundry detergents are ingredients that not only can irritate your skin and eyes, but can potentially cause cancer, disrupt delicate endocrine balance, damage your brain, nervous system, and internal organs. What's more, since some of these are byproducts of the manufacturing process, you may not even find them listed on the label. Here's what you need to know before you do one more load of laundry...