Martin W. Smith wrote:
:: "Roger Zoul" wrote:
::
::: Martin W. Smith wrote:
::::: "Roger Zoul" wrote:
:::::
:::::: The paragraph below is where I got that notion:
:::::: How It Causes Harm:
:::::: "The Clorox company states that chlorine is basically safe. They
:::::: say that it breaks down into harmless salt and water. This is
:::::: very true, but only in a laboratory test tube under very
:::::: controlled conditions.
:::::
::::: Chlorine is an element. It doesn't break down into anything else.
:::
::: Right....which means that the chlorine itself remains to interact
::: with other things. Of course, small amounts may not do
::: much....but it all ends up who knows where, with everything else we
::: all pour down the drain. I think this is the issue, not that there
::: are dioxins in the bleach itself.
::
:: Chlorine is a gas at room temperature or anywhere near it. You don't
:: need to worry about chlorine except in high enough concentrations to
:: gag you.

So there is no need to worry about it getting into the environment? I know
some disgree with the "green" concepts.

::
:: If you don't drink bleach and you stay out of your local pool's room
:: where the chlorine tanks are kept, you will never have a problem.
::

I don't really expect to have a problem with bleach. I never have.

:: What caused you to suddenly obsess about chlorine?

Believe it or not, it just looks like that from your (and maybe others) POV.
I make a post, get some responses, reply to them since people went to the
effort to respond, and it appears as though I'm obsessing. I'm not.
However, I can see some good reasons to use the alternative of vinegar and
hydrogen peroxide in spray bottles as disinfectants. To me, this relates to
"cleaning up" my environment in a manner similar to cleaning up my diet.
That's all, really. Oh, I don't like the smell of bleach