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my HS chemistry prof told us about how his neighbor died from spilling *undiluted* bleach on himself– like obviously diluted bleach water isn’t lethal but ever since then like…. I am so nervous around bleach
OK but that guy has to have spilled a lot of really strong bleach on himself.
For the record, over the summer, one time I was making up the big pump sprayer of bleach sanitizer, and as I was measuring the bleach, I spilled some onto my hand. I finished what I was doing and then rinsed it off really well, and in fact washed my hands for quite some time until the slimy feel of the bleach went away.
I’m prone to eczema between my fingers, so I wasn’t surprised that it caused a flare. I’m sure it was exacerbated by the fact that we wash our eggs in a dilute bleach solution, and that means we have to dip our hands into the solution along with the eggs, so you wind up standing with your hands intermittently immersed in bleach solution for an hour or two several times a week, washing eggs. This causes terrible dry skin, and I am always fighting with that during the farm season, so my skin was already a little unhappy.
The flare from the undiluted bleach lasted for almost two weeks, actually, and was quite a bad one– blistered, the skin cracked and bled. But, I was careful with it, and it healed up eventually– I wore gloves for all the egg-washing during that time– and now I’m not sure which hand it was.
So– bleach is quite bad for you, I feel like it can have a cumulative effect (that’s unscientific, just my observations), and it’s not something you ought to seek out to put on yourself. But it won’t hurt you instantly, and as long as you’re somewhat careful with it, you’ll be fine.
All the clothes I’ve ever worn in the slaughterhouse are stained in places from the bleach, as well, which is why you don’t want to use bleach to sanitize anywhere you’re wearing nice clothes. But. Just further reinforces that you spray it on a surface that you then don’t touch until it’s dry!!
My middle-little sister has a horrible phobia of bleach, though– can’t stand the smell, is literally afraid to touch a closed bottle of bleach, doesn’t even like to think about it– so I feel you, though. It can be scary to people!
oatplant replied to your post “drgaellon reblogged your post and…”
my HS chemistry prof told us about how his neighbor died from spilling *undiluted* bleach on himself– like obviously diluted bleach water isn’t lethal but ever since then like…. I am so nervous around bleach
OK but that guy has to have spilled a lot of really strong bleach on himself.
For the record, over the summer, one time I was making up the big pump sprayer of bleach sanitizer, and as I was measuring the bleach, I spilled some onto my hand. I finished what I was doing and then rinsed it off really well, and in fact washed my hands for quite some time until the slimy feel of the bleach went away.
I’m prone to eczema between my fingers, so I wasn’t surprised that it caused a flare. I’m sure it was exacerbated by the fact that we wash our eggs in a dilute bleach solution, and that means we have to dip our hands into the solution along with the eggs, so you wind up standing with your hands intermittently immersed in bleach solution for an hour or two several times a week, washing eggs. This causes terrible dry skin, and I am always fighting with that during the farm season, so my skin was already a little unhappy.
The flare from the undiluted bleach lasted for almost two weeks, actually, and was quite a bad one– blistered, the skin cracked and bled. But, I was careful with it, and it healed up eventually– I wore gloves for all the egg-washing during that time– and now I’m not sure which hand it was.
So– bleach is quite bad for you, I feel like it can have a cumulative effect (that’s unscientific, just my observations), and it’s not something you ought to seek out to put on yourself. But it won’t hurt you instantly, and as long as you’re somewhat careful with it, you’ll be fine.
All the clothes I’ve ever worn in the slaughterhouse are stained in places from the bleach, as well, which is why you don’t want to use bleach to sanitize anywhere you’re wearing nice clothes. But. Just further reinforces that you spray it on a surface that you then don’t touch until it’s dry!!
My middle-little sister has a horrible phobia of bleach, though– can’t stand the smell, is literally afraid to touch a closed bottle of bleach, doesn’t even like to think about it– so I feel you, though. It can be scary to people!
