Nickie
Well-known member
Bleach is bad.
There’s just no other way to say it.
The list of dangers that bleach presents are almost too numerous to count:
Reason #1: IT GOES AIRBORNE - Chlorine is actually a gas at room temperature, which makes breathing it likely in most homes.
Reason #2: IT CREATES SINISTER POISONS - In its gaseous form (such as at room temperature, mentioned above), chlorine can create dioxins, a known cancer-causing compound also related to birth defects, miscarriage, infertility, diabetes, immune disorders and more.
Reason #3: IT ATTACKS YOUR BODY - It's highly corrosive to your skin, lungs and eyes, as well as other materials.
Reason #4: IT DESTROYS YOUR CELLS - The oxidation of chlorine may also form hypochlorous acid, which has the ability to penetrate and destroy cell structure.
Reason #5: IT CREATES BREATHING PROBLEMS - Because it increases asthma and allergy symptoms because of the likelihood of inhalation. It can also cause wheezing, bronchospasm and sometimes noncardiogenic pulmonary edema (a lung condition that prevents enough oxygen from entering the blood).
Reason #6: IT HURTS YOUR PETS - Pets are more at risk because of their small air capacity and the likelihood of filling their lungs with vapors.
Reason #7: IT RUINS YOUR GUT HEALTH - Ingestion of bleach causes corrosive damage to the tissues of the gastrointestinal tract.
Reason #8: IT MORPHS INTO ORGAN-DAMAGING TOXINS - When household bleach is mixed with wastewater it is found to form numerous organic compounds. Two of those compounds are chloroform - which can cause dizziness, headache, respiratory issues, heart attack, liver and kidney damage, birth defects and more - and carbon tetrachloride - which is responsible for nerve damage, liver and kidney degeneration, coma and death.
Reason #9: IT HAS BEEN LINKED TO CANCER - Chlorine and wastewater can also create Trihalomethanes, a toxic carcinogen that has been linked to breast cancer and miscarriage and other fertility issues in animals.
Reason #10: IT HURTS THE OCEAN - Bleach also breaks down in the environment to "halides", which are deadly to shellfish, as well as other aquatic life.
Reason #11: IT STAYS IN THE ENVIRONMENT - Organochlorines, which contain chlorine, stick around in the environment for a long time and have been linked to reproductive issues, immune dysfunction, cancer, hormonal disruption and more.
There’s just no other way to say it.
The list of dangers that bleach presents are almost too numerous to count:
Reason #1: IT GOES AIRBORNE - Chlorine is actually a gas at room temperature, which makes breathing it likely in most homes.
Reason #2: IT CREATES SINISTER POISONS - In its gaseous form (such as at room temperature, mentioned above), chlorine can create dioxins, a known cancer-causing compound also related to birth defects, miscarriage, infertility, diabetes, immune disorders and more.
Reason #3: IT ATTACKS YOUR BODY - It's highly corrosive to your skin, lungs and eyes, as well as other materials.
Reason #4: IT DESTROYS YOUR CELLS - The oxidation of chlorine may also form hypochlorous acid, which has the ability to penetrate and destroy cell structure.
Reason #5: IT CREATES BREATHING PROBLEMS - Because it increases asthma and allergy symptoms because of the likelihood of inhalation. It can also cause wheezing, bronchospasm and sometimes noncardiogenic pulmonary edema (a lung condition that prevents enough oxygen from entering the blood).
Reason #6: IT HURTS YOUR PETS - Pets are more at risk because of their small air capacity and the likelihood of filling their lungs with vapors.
Reason #7: IT RUINS YOUR GUT HEALTH - Ingestion of bleach causes corrosive damage to the tissues of the gastrointestinal tract.
Reason #8: IT MORPHS INTO ORGAN-DAMAGING TOXINS - When household bleach is mixed with wastewater it is found to form numerous organic compounds. Two of those compounds are chloroform - which can cause dizziness, headache, respiratory issues, heart attack, liver and kidney damage, birth defects and more - and carbon tetrachloride - which is responsible for nerve damage, liver and kidney degeneration, coma and death.
Reason #9: IT HAS BEEN LINKED TO CANCER - Chlorine and wastewater can also create Trihalomethanes, a toxic carcinogen that has been linked to breast cancer and miscarriage and other fertility issues in animals.
Reason #10: IT HURTS THE OCEAN - Bleach also breaks down in the environment to "halides", which are deadly to shellfish, as well as other aquatic life.
Reason #11: IT STAYS IN THE ENVIRONMENT - Organochlorines, which contain chlorine, stick around in the environment for a long time and have been linked to reproductive issues, immune dysfunction, cancer, hormonal disruption and more.
