Be careful with these common household cleaners.
Cleaning your kitchen may seem harmless enough, but mixing the wrong common household products could result in a potentially deadly science experiment.
If you’ve accidentally created a toxic gas, remove yourself from the area immediately and seek fresh air. Remove and dispose of your clothes, wash with soap and water, and seek medical attention ASAP. You can call Poison Control at 1-800-222-1222.
When mixed together, bleach and vinegar produce toxic chlorine gas. Chlorine gas itself is greenish-yellow but, when diluted in the air, it’s invisible. This means it’s only detectable by its strong scent and the side effects you experience.
So just how dangerous is chlorine gas? It was effectively used as a weapon during World War I.
Symptoms of exposure are:
Ammonia, which is often found in glass and window cleaners, is dangerous when mixed with bleach.
The combo produces toxic gases called chloramines.
Symptoms of exposure are:
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Rubbing alcohol contains ethanol, which, when mixed with sodium hypochlorite (bleach), creates chloroform. Chloroform, a colorless, sweet-smelling organic compound, can cause "sudden sniffer's death," a fatal cardiac arrhythmia some people experience when exposed.
Symptoms and side effects of exposure are:
These “natural” cleaning products are safe alone. When used together, though, they can create a corrosive chemical called peracetic acid.
Symptoms and side effects of exposure are:
OK, so mixing vinegar and baking soda isn’t dangerous—it’s just a big, fat waste of time and resources.
Here’s why: Baking soda is basic and vinegar is acidic. When you put them together, you get … water (plus some sodium acetate).
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