s/o how do you get that yucky bleach feeling off your hands?!
i personally like the idea of bleach but i don't use gloves when i clean and i hate that feeling that i can't quite get the sliminess of the bleach off my hands...how do you prevent that?!
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There is no such thing as a yucky bleach feeling! Bleach is from heaven! I love being able to smell it on my hands hours later. And I soak my sheets in it for a long time so that it still smells like bleach when I get in bed.
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Originally Posted by OnTheBrink
There is no such thing as a yucky bleach feeling! Bleach is from heaven! I love being able to smell it on my hands hours later. And I soak my sheets in it for a long time so that it still smells like bleach when I get in bed.
Nancy, thank YOU! I really needed a smile, today. I am bleach phobic, so your posts about bleach always crack me up
No offense meant at all Nancy, but I think you need to embrace the fact that bleach is a dangerous and concentrated chemical.
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Ok, not exactly. But has anyone else seen these ads on television from a very well known company that sells bleach that shows parents basically rubbing bleach all over their house to clean up after their kids? The ads show a mom wiping things down after a kid plays with a frog and shows a parent cleaning a tub with bleach and then dropping their kid in the tub. What gives? Since when do bleach and young children go hand in hand?
I would think that everyone knows the dangers of bleach by now. If you do not, here is a quick rundown:
*Production and use releases dioxin, furans and other organochlorines into the air
*Studies have shown a relationship between dioxin exposure and cancer, birth defects, and developmental/reproductive disorders
*Skin or eye exposure produces local burning and irritation
*Inhaling the fumes may lead to sore throat, cough, wheezing, and shortness of breath, along with fluid in the lungs
*Ingesting household bleach can cause oral, esophageal and gastric burns as well as produce nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pain
Fun for kids, right? Let’s pour this stuff all over the house! Wash them in it, it’s OK, it’s just bleach!
Also, bleach produces dangerous chlorine gas if mixed with an acid product..like a regular tub cleaner. You better not have just cleaned the tub with something like a toilet cleaner or you might end up dead or seriously ill.
OK, so what are you supposed to use? Well, we use hydrogen peroxide, vinegar, baking soda and the like to clean tough stains. And for the rest of the house we use biodegradable cleaners from Seventh Generation. As for laundry, you can use Oxyclean or something like that that does not contain bleach.
I know we all grew up with big bottles of bleach in our house but times change..and it is time to get with the program. Bleach is bad for you and for the environment. If you are using it, you should look into alternatives that are not as dangerous. And if you have children, please do not clean your house and your children with bleach, like the ads portend that you need to do. There is no need for it and why put your children in danger?
In case you couldn’t tell, those ads piss me off every time I see them and I start yelling at the television. I need to start turning the TV off when they come on because if I see one more kid getting dipped in a freshly bleached bathtub….
And honestly, now living in an area where I drive by a factory that is a major producer of chlorine bleach and seeing the impact it has on the health of the people who live around it... I reserve bleach as a last resort myself.
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Oh, I hear ya! I really do. But, addictions are usually bad things, so nothing new here! And, as much as I love it, I do keep it in moderation. I promise!
its evil!!! 
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