OT - Opinions about bleach as a cleanser

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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