http://thegoodhuman.com/2010/08/01/is-it-safe-to-pour-bleach-down-the-drain/ Sustainability, Environment, Progressive Politics, Peak Oil, Going Green. Thu, 24 May 2012 10:37:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://thegoodhuman.com/2010/08/01/is-it-safe-to-pour-bleach-down-the-drain/#comment-6453 Klarissa Tue, 03 Aug 2010 01:56:26 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=2898#comment-6453 Oxygen bleach like hydrogen peroxide? I use seventh gen bleach which is basically hydrogen peroxide, and an oxygen stabilizer, according to the ingredients label. Does it disinfect? I figure hydrogen peroxide is used on cuts and wounds, so it must do some kind of disinfecting? I use it as if it does, but now I wonder, if anyone knows. Oxygen bleach like hydrogen peroxide? I use seventh gen bleach which is basically hydrogen peroxide, and an oxygen stabilizer, according to the ingredients label. Does it disinfect? I figure hydrogen peroxide is used on cuts and wounds, so it must do some kind of disinfecting? I use it as if it does, but now I wonder, if anyone knows.

]]> http://thegoodhuman.com/2010/08/01/is-it-safe-to-pour-bleach-down-the-drain/#comment-6452 Heidi Sun, 01 Aug 2010 12:08:19 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=2898#comment-6452 Thanks for this article and links! In Austria we knew bleach only as means for lightening hair used by 'fancy ladies.' Never ever did one use it for clothes or house cleaning. We did use it as disinfectant in the (cell culture) lab and it was certainly used in hospitals for the same reason. I've been here in the US for 17 years and still haven't used bleach for laundry or any other suggested household uses such as the drain cleaning procedure mentioned in this article. Funny enough, I noticed that clothes used to get cleaner in the old country than here, maybe the machines and the water were better there... Thanks for this article and links! In Austria we knew bleach only as means for lightening hair used by ‘fancy ladies.’ Never ever did one use it for clothes or house cleaning. We did use it as disinfectant in the (cell culture) lab and it was certainly used in hospitals for the same reason. I’ve been here in the US for 17 years and still haven’t used bleach for laundry or any other suggested household uses such as the drain cleaning procedure mentioned in this article. Funny enough, I noticed that clothes used to get cleaner in the old country than here, maybe the machines and the water were better there…

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