![]() ![]() ![]() We have rated all the companies for their toxic chemicals policies. We must hold to our partners carefully and dance well.'" like a waltz that will last for all of human history. If it were (a war), we would have lost long ago, overpowered by sheer numbers and evolutionary speed. This is not a war, as it has often been described, even though we have an impressive array of weapons - bactericidal cribs and mattresses, toilet cleaners. “Bleach does the job, but what is the job and is it necessary? As we live in the Age of Bacteria immunologist, Gerald N Callahan, sums up: 'Neither humans nor micro-organisms benefit from fully destroying the other. Greenpeace has called for a complete end to organochlorine production. Bleach is from the organochlorine family of chemicals, compounds rarely found in nature and which can take centuries to decompose. "But the real ethical issue centres around manufacture. The industry says that chlorine bleach traces are present at such low concentrations in waste waters, that there is no real possibility of the formation of trace toxic by-products.Īccording to Lucy Siegle in The Guardian: Many mainstream toilet cleaner makers portray the toilet bowl as one of the dirtiest places in the house and we need to use these deadly chemicals to keep ourselves safe.Ĭhlorine bleach (aka sodium hypochlorite) is a corrosive chemical, toxic if ingested, an eye and respiratory irritant, can irritate the lungs and eyes, and in waterways can become toxic organochlorines, compounds rarely found in nature and which can take centuries to decompose. Toilet cleaners usually contain chlorine bleach to kill off bacteria and microbes. ![]()
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