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Posted on 10/20/2017 2:49:55 PM PDT by Gamecock
” I would not use peroxide, as someone posted here. It can be carcinogenic to mucus membranes at higher concentrations.”
Just curious why water with oxygen would be carcinogenic. (H2O2). Yes, most anything could be harmful in high concentrations. Don’t snort Wasabe powder, for example.
Asians are usually very good immigrants/citizens.
This guy is a psycho.
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He needs lead poisoning right between the lookers.
Me too .. wash everything that I can .. other things go into bags or containers.
I’m also with you on washing fruits and veggies with Dawn - including berries.
...Charleston ping....
OMG!
I asked my former supervisor at the hospital laundry if I could buy some of the 35% hydrogen peroxide to use in my garden (it works well at 2 1/2% to remove powdery mildew) and was told that he cannot allow it out of the building, as it is so reactive and can be used for, shall we say, nefarious purposes.
Apparently the gov’t doesn’t want this stuff in the public’s possession.
How did they use the hydrogen peroxide in the laundry? Was it for whitening whites?
Did they use it on all loads or just the ones with tough stains?
It’s used as a bleaching agent for whites: towels, flannels, draws, spreads and incontinent pads
Got it. Is it used on every load of whites or just the ones with stains?
I’m just wondering if hydrogen peroxide is okay for regular use or if it should be limited to stain items.
I’m guessing the oxygen action might be hard on fabrics and could reduce life if used regularly. But regular use may make sense for hospitals versus just regular home laundry since staining is probably more the norm.
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“He needs lead poisoning right between the lookers.”
Good one! I’d like to borrow that for my own use.
I wouldn’t use it except for stained items. Think along the lines of “Oxi-Clean”. Just a little goes a LOOOOOOOOONG way...
Hydrogen peroxide is excellent for removing blood stains.
Should charge him with 100 counts of attempted murder and prosecute....
“And knowing that most grocery stockers are guys, and who knows where THEIR unwashed hands have been, just about anything in the store should be wiped down or at least rinsed.”
That is hilarious, are you actually suggesting that if they were girls you would know where their unwashed hands have been?
Hardly weapon grade. Rocket fuel is 90%. 35 and 50% are used in agriculture, and it is available from some agricultural suppliers. My source buys it in truckload quantities.
We also use it as sanitizer instead of chlorine in our swimming pool.
I would not be worried about using hydrogen peroxide to wash fruits and vegetables; to protect against certain organisms (notably cryptosporidia), that may be the only choice. Your body contains hydrogen peroxide within cellular vesicles that exist to kill microorganisms. Furthermore, since H2O2 is completely soluble in water, it would rinse off readily, more readily than any soap.
I have been to microbiology conferences and seen researchers discuss the practice of washing fresh produce with a bleach solution (0.1%, IIRC) to remove surface contaminants and act as a disinfectant. I know that this is a requirement in Mexico for farmers that want to sell their produce in the US. One researcher had gone to Mexico to teach the farmers proper washing techniques and the importance of making sure the wash water contains sufficient bleach to be anti-bacterial.
Chicken is also washed in bleach prior to sale; Russia used this practice as an excuse to ban poultry imports from the US a few years ago (although the real reason was political; they did not care about bleach-washed chicken before the political issue popped up). (And we’ve been selling chicken to Russia for decades, since long before the USSR fell.)
The reason bleach is used to sanitize food is that bleach is incredibly unstable. Once it is diluted sufficiently with water, it degrades into ordinary salt within a short period of time. The bleach you use around the house degrades, too, but not as quickly. For disinfection purposes in a research laboratory, however, household bleach must be used within 6 months of receipt. I will note that there are many restrictions on what research laboratories may pour down the drain, but diluted bleach may be discarded freely in that manner due to its instable nature.
A last note is that when you process foods at home, it is not necessary to surface sanitize them prior to processing. If you are canning fruits, the bacteria that can cause problems will be destroyed in the boiling process, and the bacteria that are not destroyed (spore formers like Clostridia species) will not be able to grow due to the acid in the fruit. If you are processing non-acidic foods, such as many vegetables or meats, you want to pressure cook them but you still may not be able to reach a temperature sufficient to kill the spore formers. Thus, you should always bring those foods to a boil for ten minutes prior to consumption, as that will kill the toxins produced by those organisms and make those foods safe to consume.
Agree 100%.
“...and home grown members of the vindictive class...”
aka The Entitlement Community.
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