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On 7-Sep-2004, Sue Larkin wrote: That's kind of the extent of my germ warfare. I agree with the other poster when it comes to to much germ warfare can be a bad thing. Snip That's true. For most people normal soap and water, with antimocrobial agents when working with raw meats, is just fine. In the case of our family it's a necessity though. My DH just finished up 6 rounds of chemo last Monday and that plays holy hell with the immune system. Right now he's back in the hospital. He spiked a fever Sunday and got admitted with neutropenic fever (white cell count was 400. Low end of normal is 5000.) Then chest pain cropped up. Pneumonia this time. Bleh. Until his immune system recovers we're going to have to be psychotic germ-o-phobes ------note the scientific terminology. G Take care, Carmen |
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Hi,
On 7-Sep-2004, Sue Larkin wrote: That's kind of the extent of my germ warfare. I agree with the other poster when it comes to to much germ warfare can be a bad thing. Snip That's true. For most people normal soap and water, with antimocrobial agents when working with raw meats, is just fine. In the case of our family it's a necessity though. My DH just finished up 6 rounds of chemo last Monday and that plays holy hell with the immune system. Right now he's back in the hospital. He spiked a fever Sunday and got admitted with neutropenic fever (white cell count was 400. Low end of normal is 5000.) Then chest pain cropped up. Pneumonia this time. Bleh. Until his immune system recovers we're going to have to be psychotic germ-o-phobes ------note the scientific terminology. G Take care, Carmen |
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On 7-Sep-2004, Marsha wrote: One of the few things I like about spending time at the hospital with Howard is the faint tinge of bleach in the air that tells me things are clean. :-) Yes, I'm weird. ;-) Nope, you're not weird. It's great in the bathroom. I also love the smell of freshly washed and bleached towels. Since I don't use fabric softener (it affects absorption), the bleach makes them smell wonderfully clean. I'm glad I'm not the only one. Funny thing (and something I have to be careful of) is my old cat (Eli the Great Big Guy) *loves* the smell of bleach. I have to ensure the floor is dry before he's allowed on it when I use a bleach solution on it. Even then he flops on the floor and writhes all over it. He likes that more than catnip. Weird cat. :-) Take care, Carmen |
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Hi,
On 7-Sep-2004, Marsha wrote: One of the few things I like about spending time at the hospital with Howard is the faint tinge of bleach in the air that tells me things are clean. :-) Yes, I'm weird. ;-) Nope, you're not weird. It's great in the bathroom. I also love the smell of freshly washed and bleached towels. Since I don't use fabric softener (it affects absorption), the bleach makes them smell wonderfully clean. I'm glad I'm not the only one. Funny thing (and something I have to be careful of) is my old cat (Eli the Great Big Guy) *loves* the smell of bleach. I have to ensure the floor is dry before he's allowed on it when I use a bleach solution on it. Even then he flops on the floor and writhes all over it. He likes that more than catnip. Weird cat. :-) Take care, Carmen |
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FOB wrote:
|| Yes, it is safe. It is added to drinking water and swimming pools || routinely. You don't want to breath the vapors too much, good thing || to do is spray some around and leave the room while it does its || stuff, come back and rinse when the fumes have died down. What do || dioxins have to do with bleach, it's just chlorine in water? Byproducts. http://carbon.cfr.washington.edu/esc.../cleaning.html || || In , || Roger Zoul stated ||| I would like to know what you all think of using common bleach to ||| clean your bathroom and kitchen areas. Do you think it is safe to ||| use around your family? Do you feel it is environmentally safe? ||| What about those dioxins and stuff? It kills mold and stuff, but ||| personally, I hate the smell of the stuff. |
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FOB wrote:
|| Yes, it is safe. It is added to drinking water and swimming pools || routinely. You don't want to breath the vapors too much, good thing || to do is spray some around and leave the room while it does its || stuff, come back and rinse when the fumes have died down. What do || dioxins have to do with bleach, it's just chlorine in water? Byproducts. http://carbon.cfr.washington.edu/esc.../cleaning.html || || In , || Roger Zoul stated ||| I would like to know what you all think of using common bleach to ||| clean your bathroom and kitchen areas. Do you think it is safe to ||| use around your family? Do you feel it is environmentally safe? ||| What about those dioxins and stuff? It kills mold and stuff, but ||| personally, I hate the smell of the stuff. |
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Roger Zoul wrote:
I would like to know what you all think of using common bleach to clean your bathroom and kitchen areas. Do you think it is safe to use around your family? Do you feel it is environmentally safe? What about those dioxins and stuff? It kills mold and stuff, but personally, I hate the smell of the stuff. Bleach is very safe. It's very effective against mold. Personally I like the smell. It lets me know something is clean. I hope I don't need to mention this but...never mix bleach with ammonia (chlorine gas). I didn't fully rinse out the cat box when I put bleach in it and ended up with a full on asthma attack. Yvonne |
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Roger Zoul wrote:
I would like to know what you all think of using common bleach to clean your bathroom and kitchen areas. Do you think it is safe to use around your family? Do you feel it is environmentally safe? What about those dioxins and stuff? It kills mold and stuff, but personally, I hate the smell of the stuff. Bleach is very safe. It's very effective against mold. Personally I like the smell. It lets me know something is clean. I hope I don't need to mention this but...never mix bleach with ammonia (chlorine gas). I didn't fully rinse out the cat box when I put bleach in it and ended up with a full on asthma attack. Yvonne |
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FOB wrote:
Yes, it is safe. It is added to drinking water and swimming pools routinely. You don't want to breath the vapors too much, good thing to do is spray some around and leave the room while it does its stuff, come back and rinse when the fumes have died down. What do dioxins have to do with bleach, it's just chlorine in water? In , Roger Zoul stated | I would like to know what you all think of using common bleach to | clean your bathroom and kitchen areas. Do you think it is safe to | use around your family? Do you feel it is environmentally safe? | What about those dioxins and stuff? It kills mold and stuff, but | personally, I hate the smell of the stuff. Here's some charted info. http://www.hi-tm.com/Documents/Countertops.html A different approach, two-part wash with real cheap stuff... http://my.execpc.com/~mjstouff/articles/vinegar.html http://www.deq.state.mt.us/Recycle/SafeCleanser.asp And it even works for foods... http://www.sciencenews.org/pages/sn_arch/9_28_96/food.htm I use this approach for both wooden and plastic cutting boards. Counter tops. Bathroom surfaces. There's no dioxin in bleach. Pastorio Pastorio |
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FOB wrote:
Yes, it is safe. It is added to drinking water and swimming pools routinely. You don't want to breath the vapors too much, good thing to do is spray some around and leave the room while it does its stuff, come back and rinse when the fumes have died down. What do dioxins have to do with bleach, it's just chlorine in water? In , Roger Zoul stated | I would like to know what you all think of using common bleach to | clean your bathroom and kitchen areas. Do you think it is safe to | use around your family? Do you feel it is environmentally safe? | What about those dioxins and stuff? It kills mold and stuff, but | personally, I hate the smell of the stuff. Here's some charted info. http://www.hi-tm.com/Documents/Countertops.html A different approach, two-part wash with real cheap stuff... http://my.execpc.com/~mjstouff/articles/vinegar.html http://www.deq.state.mt.us/Recycle/SafeCleanser.asp And it even works for foods... http://www.sciencenews.org/pages/sn_arch/9_28_96/food.htm I use this approach for both wooden and plastic cutting boards. Counter tops. Bathroom surfaces. There's no dioxin in bleach. Pastorio Pastorio |
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