Natural Cleaning: Hydrogen Peroxide vs Chlorine Chlorine bleach

Plain old hydrogen peroxide (H202) found in your local pharmacy or grocery store, at less than two dollars a bottle, is useful in amazing ways and can completely replace smelly chemical, chlorine chlorine bleach.

The simple chemical compound, H202 is water with an extra atom of oxygen, and has wonderful oxidizing properties (this means just via extra oxygen it has cleaning and sanitizing power – no chemicals required).

Historically, chlorine bleach was developed as part of the military chemical weapon arsenal in the 1940s before WWII – the wonderful time period that also gave us petrochemical pesticides - byproducts of WWII nerve gasses.

Hydrogen peroxide (H202), on the other hand, was brought into use earlier, in the 1920s during WWI – as a non-toxic solution, to clean hospitals and provide sanitary needs for the troops.

Any kind of decontamination that chlorine bleach might come to mind for, may be more healthfully and safely done with H202; for it can fulfill many cleaning, sanitizing, and also body and wound detoxifying purposes.

For most uses just a basic commercial bottle of H202 is sufficient, and easily obtained almost anywhere – something to have around the house as a replacement for many  cleaning and sanitizing items.

Food grade hydrogen peroxide may be obtained (without preservatives), but it must be kept refrigerated, and always must be diluted to 3-5% before use (caution: in concentrated form it can be dangerous – can cause burns). There are some reports of successful use of food grade H202 in eliminating conditions that support illness.

Clean out your cabinets!

It’s time to let go of some of those nasty old cleaning compounds that have filled the cupboards in our homes, that don’t need to be in the landfill, don’t need to be in our lungs or on our skin.

It really is time for us to consider what we’re buying, its effect on the earth, why we’re buying it (convinced by advertising?), what it does to us when we breathe it in, get it on our skin?

TIP: Did you know that anything we put on our skin shows up in our organs 56 seconds later? Think about that!

Try out non-toxic hydrogen peroxide (H202) for the following uses:

1. Put hydrogen peroxide on your wet kitchen sponge to clean countertops, sink, stove, table.

2. Add H202 to water in a spray bottle - use to clean windows – streak free.

3. Use diluted, to clean and disinfect bathroom fixtures – replace those toxic disinfectants; use H202 on toilet brush (save septic system).

4. Add to white laundry to brighten, remove stains (can spot with H202 but can affect color so use with caution).

5. Add to mop bucket with simply water for sanitary, sparkling clean floors. (or use vinegar/water – nice).

6. Add to water to clean out your compost bucket – let soak and spiffy – no odor, stains gone.

7. Soak toothbrushes in a cup of water with a couple of tablespoons of H202 to get rid of germs.

Anywhere you would consider chlorine bleach or another sanitizing cleaner, try non-toxic hydrogen peroxide instead. You’ll be amazed at what cleaning compounds you can get along without!