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Who needs Clorox everywhere?
by bkalafut | Jul 05 '06
Pros: Pre-mixed, convenient sprayer, easy to use. Alternative to triclosan for the germ-obsessed set.
Cons: Dubious instructions, can make this yourself, window cleaner does the same thing.
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I like the... (Reply to this comment)
by scmrak
...experiment, though I'd give it a C as well for failure to use a control.
So much of the current spage of germ-phobia is a result of marketing hype - oh-so-gross depictions of dust mites in your pillow or dead skin cells littering your carpet. The average consumer is so scientifically illiterate as to believe that, unless you buy XYZCorp's wipes (at 40 cents per use!) and wipe down every surface in sight, you'll die of anthrax tomorrow. Sheesh; how friggin' gullible can people be.
And that's not to mention our increasingly "disposable" consumer society: throw-away plastic cutting boards? don't these idiots who b*tch constantly about how much gasoline costs realize where plastic comes from???
I'm a lot more convinced by juried scientific presentation that all this quest for asepsis is creating strains of disinfectant-resistant bacteria than I am by advertising written by English majors. I, too, have heard the reports taht kids raised in a germ-free environment seem more prone to allergies and asthma as adults. After all, the incidence of peanut allergies in baby boomers is far less than in the generation raised with reanut-oil infused butt-wipes.
Yeah, one could make this stuff, but what's the point? One really doesn't need it anyway...
Cheers,
R
(who'd give your experiement the C but your review the MH)
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Jul 06 '06
8:07 am PDT
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Re: Make this yourself? (Reply to this comment)
by bkalafut
"I wouldn't. Since this product was deemed safe to use (as directed)and, according to the Clorox rep I spoke to, tested by the EPA for safety I wouldn't feel uncomfortable putting my mouth to something that had been sprayed with this solution. I would however be uncomfortable making my OWN solution and putting something in my mouth that my solution touched and hadn't first been rinsed off."
That's a statement of a lack of confidence in your ability to duplicate a simple formulation. If you make .0095% hypochlorite it's no more dangerous than off the shelf, overpriced .0095% hypochlorite. Why not make it yourself? A gallon of bleach will make over 3000 bottles of this stuff, and the only need to add the sodium hydroxide is if you want to increase its shelf life from months to years.
"You mentioned that this solution is **weaker** than pool water. Have you ever swallowed pool water by accident? Did you go running to the bathroom to rinse out your mouth or get nervous that you had ingested something that was going to get you sick? I think people are so over concerned about the safety of this product and ingesting even tiny quantities of this."
There are other reasons to not ingest this than it getting you sick. Would you give your baby or your pet something that tasted like pool water? Would you swallow even a drop of pool water deliberately?
"Have you taken a look at the back of a Crest toothpaste label and seen that if children younger than 6 years old swallow any amount greater than what's used for brushing that a poison control center should be contacted??? That's a lot more dangerous than this Clorox product if ingested."
Perhaps. So are Pine-Sol and TSP. But that other things are more dangerous if ingested doesn't mean I'd not rinse icky tasting, mucous-membrane irritating, surface-oxidizing hypochlorite residue.
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Jul 06 '06
7:16 am PDT
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Make this yourself? (Reply to this comment)
by krus54
I wouldn't. Since this product was deemed safe to use (as directed)and, according to the Clorox rep I spoke to, tested by the EPA for safety I wouldn't feel uncomfortable putting my mouth to something that had been sprayed with this solution. I would however be uncomfortable making my OWN solution and putting something in my mouth that my solution touched and hadn't first been rinsed off.
You mentioned that this solution is **weaker** than pool water. Have you ever swallowed pool water by accident? Did you go running to the bathroom to rinse out your mouth or get nervous that you had ingested something that was going to get you sick? I think people are so over concerned about the safety of this product and ingesting even tiny quantities of this.
Have you taken a look at the back of a Crest toothpaste label and seen that if children younger than 6 years old swallow any amount greater than what's used for brushing that a poison control center should be contacted??? That's a lot more dangerous than this Clorox product if ingested.
Dave
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Jul 06 '06
3:51 am PDT
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