bleach & water as a disinfectant?
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The thing is, spray bottles aren't airtight. If they were, you wouldn't be able to spray anything with them. And it is the air that reduces the power of the bleach. Straight bleach that has not been diluted and is kept in a closed container does deteriorate slightly over time, but retains most of its potency, as long as the container remains closed. The reason for that is that when some of the bleach molecules combine with the air molecules, they use up all the available 'hooks' that allow them to link together. So the rest of the bleach is unaffected and only the surface layer (one molecule thick) will be weakened. \nDoes that make sense?
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i don't really know about this but i'm fairly sure i can give a better answer than lrisjqoijgjr  \n\nyou could probably use a surfactant to break down the molecular attraction between the water molecules but this would leave pollution through the path of whatever you were using to travel through the water\n\nbut yeah not really practical but better than uingnpds
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It will always depend on teh source of fresh water.\n\nContmination is a big factor in answering the harmful part of the question.\n\nRunning water is safer but not 100% safe.\n\nAs long as your using a clean and reused drinking bottle you should be fine on that end.
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You need to add some details and context to a question like this.  A few drops on the skin is not deadly, although I'd rinse it off.  Bleach should never be ingested in any quantity, although any damage a few drops might do should heal pretty quick.  Dilution with an ounce or two of water (for a few drops of bleach) is usually effective.  Under no circumstances should bleach be intentionally applied to anyone for anything.  Soap and water for general cleaning, or possibly rubbing alcohol or 3% hydrogen peroxide for wound sterilization is the way to go.
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Not without a reducing agent that will turn iodine into iodide, and then you will have to get rid of that reducing agent.\n\nI guess if KI is unavailable you'd better look for another titrable reducing agent to react with the bleach, e.g. Fe2SO4 solution.
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you can kill mold with bleach
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I am a meat cutter and we sterilize everything with bleach water ... about 1 capfull of bleach to 1 quart of water
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as opposed to polluted water?
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you mean like farts?! well, from my past expriences and from what people have told me, its a build up of chemicals in your body that get released through one whole or the other.  ya know when you add chlorine to bleach and put it in a closed container, it explodes, becasue of the build up of chemicals inside, the pressure gets to high, it's gotta come out somewhere, right?\n\ndoes that at all sound logical?
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Bleach is a popular laundry aid and helps detergents remove soils and stains. Through oxidization, laundry bleaches convert soil into more soluble, colorless or dispersible particles that can be removed by detergent and carried away in the wash water.\n\nThe two general oxidizing types are sodium hypochlorite (also called chlorine or liquid household bleach) and oxygen. Sodium hypochlorite and oxygen bleaches should not be used together. The benefits of both are lost when combined.\n\nColor removers, considered reducing bleaches, are also products in the bleach category. \nSodium Hypochlorite Bleach\nLiquid sodium hypochlorite bleach is the most widely used, although a dry form is also available. Liquid sodium hypochlorite bleach is made by combining chlorine with a solution of sodium hydroxide to produce sodium hypochlorite, sodium chloride and water. The sodium chloride is a by-product of the chemical reaction and remains in the solution as an inactive ingredient. When liquid sodium hypochlorite bleach is added to the wash, sodium hypochlorite reacts with the soil and organic matter. As a result, liquid household bleach:\n\n1) Oxidizes soil and aids in its removal\n2) Acts as a disinfectant on both bacteria and viruses likely to be encountered in the home\n3) Generally whitens fabrics\n\nThe bleaching action of sodium hypochlorite is essentially completed in about 5 minutes, even less time in hot water, but slightly longer in cold.\n\nThe dry version performs like liquid sodium hypochlorite bleach when dissolved in water. \nOxygen Bleach (all-fabric bleach)\nOxygen bleaches are available in both a dry and liquid form. All dry oxygen bleaches contain inorganic peroxygen compounds, such as sodium perborate tetrahydrate and sodium percarbonate. When dissolved, the inorganic peroxygen compounds convert to hydrogen peroxide (the oxidizing agent) and the residue of the compound (e.g., sodium borate or carbonate). Liquid oxygen bleaches contain hydrogen peroxide, which supplies the oxidizing agent directly. The hydrogen peroxide reacts with the soil and organic materials in the wash to either decolorize or break them up. Hydrogen peroxide provides a more gentle bleaching action than sodium hypochlorite used in chlorine bleaches.
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Mostly they add sodium hypochlorite or bleaching powder to swimming pool for disinfection. It is the active oxygen in these products which kill the organic matter of the bacteria and virus, leaving them dead. It is not chlorine gas which is evolved, rather it is active oxygen which is evolved and it is also corrosive to skin. Avoid using swimming pools when it is smells a hell of chlorine.
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First bleach is a carcinogen, second it is acidic and can burn the skin and harm the lungs, it may work but the cure is worse than the disease. Try something safe like Tea Tree oil.
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My best guess would be chlorine.  Chlorine is harmful to humans if its concentrated enough (certainly could be concentrated enough in a chamber), and kills bacteria in water which is why it is used in water distribution.
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It neutralizes it. In fact, when you accidentaly drink bleach, it's a good idea to drink vinegar (AND go to a hospital)
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Bleach,bleach bleach.
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bubbling the O2/Cl2 mixture through aqueous NaOH will remove the Cl2.  it reacts to give bleach ... NaOCl ... (and salt and water).  assuming you didn't want the Cl2 ;-)
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In proper amounts there is expedited aging and decay of the fiber and color. Use only as needed for longer fabric life. That said simply wearing or washing fabrics expedite decay. Eleminating bleaches altogether isn't sensible.