Sinaunang paglalaba sa ilog, ligtas nga ba kalikasan at komunidad? | Dapat Alam Mo!
Aired (September 14, 2023): Tumpok-tumpok na labada ang kanilang nilalabhan kada linggo. Weekend raket ni Lila at kaniyang mga kamag-anak ang pagtanggap ng labada pero sa halip na washing machine, manu-mano silang naglalaba sa ilog ng Barangay Maingaran. Palo rito, piga roon — ang sinaunang paglalaba at pagpapaagos ng bula, ligtas nga ba sa ilog at mga residenteng nakikinabang dito? Panoorin ang video.
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00:00 I have a question for you. Do you wash your clothes with a cloth?
00:04 Or do you just throw it away?
00:05 No, we don't use cloth anymore.
00:07 It's a cream, right?
00:08 Doesn't it damage your clothes?
00:10 Do you just throw it away?
00:11 No, I just do it slowly.
00:13 But we still have cloth washers who use cloth to earn money.
00:22 That's the story of Marisol Abdurman.
00:26 Cloth.
00:29 They wash their clothes every week.
00:33 Lila and her family's weekend rocket is their job.
00:38 But thanks to a washing machine, they wash their clothes manually in the river of Marisol Abdurman.
00:43 It's a hard job.
00:45 Washing and washing clothes in the river and the residents who benefit from it?
00:56 Two tricycles ride more than 10 washers in the river.
01:00 We wash our clothes in the river since we were kids.
01:03 Our clothes are clean.
01:07 We learned how to wash our clothes in the river since we were kids.
01:12 But they don't just wash their clothes here.
01:15 Many people wash their clothes in the river now.
01:17 They feel tired in the river.
01:22 It's tiring to wash clothes at home.
01:26 We have to go around and change the water in the river.
01:30 First, they separate the white from the color.
01:33 Then, they start to wash their clothes.
01:36 Then, they use a cloth to wash their clothes.
01:42 The purpose of washing clothes is to remove the soap.
01:46 And the clothes will smell good when it's dry.
01:49 If you don't wash your clothes, the soap will smell bad.
01:55 After washing their clothes, they put them in a bucket to dry.
01:59 They pay P250 for each bag of clothes.
02:03 They wash two bags of clothes every week.
02:06 The soap they use is brought to the river.
02:10 The bubbles reach up to 10 meters.
02:13 Gerardo Mogol, a sanitation specialist, explains that soap has a toxic substance called surfactant.
02:20 But it can be lost in the river after a few days.
02:24 This is the reason why the surface tension of the water decreases.
02:29 When it's reduced, the tendency of the surfactant is to mix with the water.
02:35 The surfactant is capable of penetrating the cell membrane and causing toxicity to the organism.
02:42 There are microbes in the environment that can degrade the surfactant.
02:47 The half-life of the surfactant is about 3 to 9 days.
02:52 LGU does not prohibit the use of soap in the river.
02:56 It's not harmful to the environment.
02:58 The soap we use does not reach the river.
03:05 It may reach the river, but it depends on the distance, the location, and the mouth of the river.
03:15 But to determine the degree of pollution in the river system,
03:21 there is a need to conduct water sampling and laboratory analysis.
03:25 Washing clothes in the river is not covered by the Clean Water Act of the Philippines.
03:32 Water is life.
03:35 In everyday activities or in everyday life,
03:38 we still have to take care of it to benefit more people.
03:44 I am Marisol Abdurrahman, and this is "Dapat Alam Mo".
03:49 [Music]
04:11 [BLANK_AUDIO]