Plain, run-of-the-mill hydrogen peroxide (H202) found at your local drugstore or grocery store, for less than two dollars a bottle, is helpful in surprising ways and can completely replace the smelly chemical, chlorine bleach.
The simple chemical compound, H202 is water with an extra atom of oxygen and has wonderful oxidizing properties (this means that only through added oxygen does it have cleaning and disinfecting power, no chemicals required).
Historically, chlorine bleach was developed as part of the military’s arsenal of chemical weapons in the 1940s before World War II, the wonderful time period that also gave us petrochemical pesticides, byproducts of World War II nerve gases. .
Hydrogen peroxide (H202), on the other hand, came into use earlier, in the 1920s during World War I, as a non-toxic solution, to clean hospitals and meet the sanitary needs of troops.
Any type of decontamination that comes to mind with chlorine bleach can be done healthier and safer with H2O2; since it can fulfill many purposes of cleaning, disinfection and also body and wound detoxification.
For most uses, a basic commercial bottle of H202 suffices, and it is easily obtained almost anywhere, something that can be kept at home as a replacement for many cleaning and disinfecting supplies.
Food grade hydrogen peroxide (no preservatives) is available, but it must be kept refrigerated and always diluted to 3-5% before use (caution: in concentrated form can be dangerous – can cause burns). There are some reports of the successful use of food grade H202 to eliminate conditions that favor disease.
Clean out your closets!
It’s time to put away some of those nasty old cleaning compounds that have filled our household cupboards, that don’t need to be in the landfill, don’t need to be in our lungs or on our skin.
It’s really time we considered what we’re buying, its effect on the earth, why we’re buying it (convinced by the hype?), what does it do to us when we breathe it in, put it on our skin?
TIP: Did you know that anything we put on our skin appears in our organs 56 seconds later? Think about it!
Try non-toxic hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) for the following uses:
1. Put hydrogen peroxide on your damp kitchen sponge to clean countertops, sinks, stoves, tables.
2. Add H202 to water in a spray bottle; use it to clean windows, streak free.
3. Use diluted, to clean and disinfect bathroom fixtures – replace those toxic disinfectants; use H2O2 on the toilet brush (save the septic system).
4. Add to whites to lighten, stain remove (may stain with H2O2 but may affect color so use with caution).
5. Add to mop bucket with just plain water for sparkling clean floors. (or use vinegar/water – nice).
6. Add to water to clean your compost bucket – soak and sprinkle – no odor, no streaks.
7. Soak toothbrushes in a cup of water with a couple tablespoons of H2O2 to kill germs.
Anywhere you consider chlorine bleach or other disinfecting cleaner, try non-toxic hydrogen peroxide. You’ll be amazed at the cleaning compounds you can do without!