Rinse aids are toxic substances that will harm your stomach.
previous hn article and discussion: “Gut epithelial barrier damage caused by dishwasher detergents and rinse aids (sciencedirect.com)”
All restaurants and food service facilities use “rinse agents” or “drying agents”; they simply never have the time or capacity to air-dry dishes and silverware, so eff whatever the training courses tell us to do, from the County Department of Public Health. Just slather everything with chemicals and make sure nobody can smell them from the dining room or taste it on a spoon.
And yes they’re toxic. Of course they are! Next, let us coat all surfaces with antimicrobial toxins, starting with everything in the hospital, and your infant’s diaper-changing stations, and your stapler at work.
It will be just like Nethack, where you open a spellbook to read it, but it is “coated with contact poison!” so I hope your Unicorn Horn is available.
There is no research that states such. Most online articles are referencing a study done on professional dishwashers, in which they complete their task within 2 minutes and some rinse aid was still found on the dishes.
Home dishwashers, the ones that take 4 hours on average, are not going to result in the same thing. Claiming such would be like claiming you won't use dish soap since technically it can still be left on your dishes when quickly washed.
There is absolutely no need for rinse aids if you already wash the utensils with water before putting the in the dishwasher. This is good practice.
I guess we have wildly different levels of risk tolerance. I even use an extra rinse cycle. You will understand only after have gastrointestinal trouble. Speaking of which, have you had a colonoscopy lately?
> Home dishwashers, the ones that take 4 hours on average
I've never had one that took 4 hours. The most is about 2.5 hours.