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Published online 12 February 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030210-4
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Doing the dishes wastes water
Washing up study uncovers dirty secret.
Some people who wash their dishes by hand are sending the environment down the drain. They can consume more than ten times the water and twice the energy of a dishwasher.
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