5 Mistakes You Keep Making When Cleaning with Bleach Rachel Brougham 2/11/2020
Slide 1 of 5: It may seem like it would only help the fight against bacteria and germs, but mixing bleach with other cleaners can cause serious problems.
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Mixing bleach with other cleaners
It may seem like it would only help the fight against bacteria and germs, but mixing bleach with other cleaners can cause serious problems. The Association of Residential Cleaning Services, International (ARCSI) says bleach should never be mixed with the following:
• Vinegar: When bleach and vinegar are mixed together, the combination creates chlorine gas which can cause eye irritation and breathing problems.
• Ammonia: Bleach mixed with ammonia creates chloramine, a gas which is similar to chlorine gas. Additional symptoms from exposure to chloramine are shortness of breath and chest pain.
• Pine-Sol: If you mix bleach and Pine-Sol in large amounts, it will create chlorine gas.
Check out these 20 other household cleaning products you should never mix.
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When I was in High School, one of the guys threw Sodium metal in the urinal in the boys room and blew it up. He got expelled for the stunt. I told that story at work and one of the girls asked if it was me that did that. I told her, "No way. I was a rock hound when I was a kid. I knew the periodic table. Chemistry was an ace class." I wonder how he got the Sodium out of the chemistry lab since the moisture on your skin would cause a burn? I bet he was wearing rubber gloves.