Whats so bad about chlorine bleach?
If you bleach paper using chlorine you get dioxin, a deadly chemical 300,000 times more dangerous than Agent Orange. There are also many other hazards with chlorine bleach. For example, if there is chlorine in your automatic dishwashing detergent, the chlorine mixes with the food and steam and creates a gas. When the dishwasher is opened and this gas comes out, it’s highly toxic. The same is true even in laundry machines but at a lower level. How do hazardous chemicals in cleaners enter the body? Human skin is remarkably porous and will absorb many substances it touches into the bloodstream. We also ingest cleaner chemicals when we use these products or touch residues left on surfaces and then eat or put our hands to our mouths. Food itself is easily contaminated by cleaners used in the kitchen. And cleaner vapors and tiny droplets suspended by sprays are invariably inhaled. Can exposure to synthetic cleaners have a long-term impact? We see the effects of acute exposures instantly. The
