Dangers of Cleaning with Bleach: Effective Ways to Clean Without Bleach!

Bleach is consider the most effective way to clean your house, because of it sterilization techniques. However, many people are not aware that bleach is also consider to be one of the most dangerous products on the market. So, before pulling out that bottle of bleach, or other chemical cleaner, you should consider the ramifications.

1) Health. Your health is always a major factor when using chemicals, including bleach. Bleach has been well known to cause respiratory issue, damage to your nervous system, and can even cause skin irritation or burns.

Many individuals with asthma or allergies can also have serious reactions from bleach that can cause more problems to their health.

2. Chemicals. Bleach has been known to cause chemical reactions and not just to your health. Some of the reactions bleach cause are gas, chloroform, and mustard gas. Anyone of the three can be dangerous and even cause death.

Gas for example can happen by accident. It can occur by mixing urine or ammonia causing difficulty breathing and, in some cases, death. The production of gas from bleach is very common when some cleans a toilet. Urine and other chemical cleaners that still remain come into contact with the bleach, produce a negative effect.

Chloroform is used to knock someone out and mixing bleach with any organic product will cause a chloroform reaction. Like gas, accidentally making chloroform is easy to do especially when you are cleaning up 'accidents' or dirt.

Mustard Gas was used in World War I because it was lethal and is easy to make, and something we all probably due. Combining dish soap and bleach together will cause a mustard gas to form.

3) Environment. Toxin released from bleach can cause a dangerous reaction to the environment. Not only will it imment chloroform to the air but it also builds up around us killing off fish, animals, and even getting into our food and water.

Unfortunately, many companies will have us believing that bleach is effective at killing germs and bacteria and they are wrong. Bleach is only effective half the time, but there are other methods people can try that are even more effective.

"How to Clean Without Using Bleach" has some good resources on ways you can clean your home without the use of bleach, including the use of borax. Other methods you can try are:

½ bottle water with ½ bottle vinegar for an all purpose cleaner.
Vinegar and water for mopping floors.
Hydrogen peroxide for disinfecting.
½ baking soda with ½ vinegar to whiten your clothes.
Listerine for killing mold and mildew.