Comments on: Shame on you Clorox: Bleach Doesn't Belong in our Homes

By: Rich

Rich — Mon, 07 May 2012 19:50:47 +0000

Bleach and ammonia can react to form monochloramine, dichloramine, nitrogen trichloride, chlorine gas, nitrogen gas, and hydrochloric acid. This reaction is also very exothermic (heat generating).

I don’t care to be a part of the bleach or no bleach discussion, but for anyone reading this – NEVER mix bleach and ammonia containing products (clorox and windex for example) together.

By: kevin

kevin — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 06:16:06 +0000

cindy,

i laughed when i read your post and suggestion that others are involved in a “storm of stupidity”. i was wondering what kind of “storm” you are in?

in a short post, you not only blatantly misspell the word “beacon”, but go on to misattribute a GERALD FORD quote to thomas jefferson.

if i had to guess, something tells me that you might be a beacon of stupidity.

By: john portugal

john portugal — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:44:44 +0000

(Were moms always this annoying, or is this a recent phenomenon?)
It´s more a recent phenomenon, I think.
Moms wish to be perfect and bright clean, santifyed, the best in the world.
It´s another manifestation of idiot vanity which comes with ignorance and propaganda from the new world order angels.

By: Billie

Billie — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:06:01 +0000

PLEASE check out this great blog post regarding cleaners, sanitizers and disinfectants and a great product. I think many people are just confused and this could be a big help!
http://www.vitaloxide.com/vitaloxide-blog?p=28&Itemid=193#comment-2

By: Billie

Billie — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 23:52:38 +0000

Susan,
Vinegar is not a disinfectant. Please visit the Center for Disease Control http://www.cdc.gov or the US environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov.

If you tell people it is a disinfectant they might believe you and use it to disinfect their cutting board after preparing raw chicken. This could cause a food borne illness in the household that will not only make someone very sick but if you are elderly or less than toddler age, could be deadly.

By: Billie

Billie — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 23:28:18 +0000

That is also why “It is a violation of federal law to use this product in a manner inconsistent with its labeling.” Good luck, read the label next time and I hope you feel better soon.

By: Billie

Billie — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 23:17:18 +0000

Janine… a product that “kills” cannot be considered non-toxic”.
http://www.epa.gov.

By: Billie

Billie — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 23:13:33 +0000

Wow. There are a lot of truly impassioned comments and bits of info on this post. Please… let me add my two cents worth here.
First, I don’t like chlorine bleach either.
And yes of course you can boil your sippy cups. Great idea. Or if you have a good dishwasher with the sanitizer cycle, by all means. (NSF.org certifies the good ones!)
The bigger issue here is disinfecting.
You cannot remove the most common household germs, bacteria and viruses with out a disinfectant. If you prepare raw chicken in your kitchen and drip the juice on the counter top, floor, sink, whatever, you aren’t going to be able to fit that in the dishwasher.
Disinfectants are tested to prove their claims and registered by the US EPA. They will include an EPA registration number on the label and an explanation of how they are to be used for the job at hand.
Don’t underestimate the power of bacteria and food borne illnesses. It is not worth the risk to your family to not remove e coli from your kitchen counter.
For an alternative to bleach, please visit http://www.vitaloxide.com. Vital Oxide is a disinfectant that utilizes the power of oxygen to disinfect and has a 5 log reduction meaning if you had 100,000 e Coli on your counter, it would reduce the amount to 1 tiny bacterium. It is non corrosive, odorless and has the lowest hazard ratings given by the EPA. There are alternatives. Please, check it out.

By: John

John — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:12:38 +0000

I thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail and didn’t purify my water–other than by using bleach: two drops per liter, via an eyedropper. I heard about this from a guy I met who had a friend who’d hiked with the director of water safety for the state of New Jersey–and he did the same thing.

Chlorine is what they use in pools, and a little is not gonna kill anyone.

(Were moms always this annoying, or is this a recent phenomenon?)

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:33:53 +0000

I came looking for a scientific breakdown of bleach and its properties and instead found a bunch of hysterics.

“don’t want it in my home”

Jesus Christ, grow up.