Many people are unaware of the danger of combining different household cleaners. The thing is that by doing so, you can create harmful gases that can have adverse effects upon your health. Read the article to find out which cleaning products never to mix, thus protect your and your family’s health.
Baking soda and vinegar
You should always stay away from this combination, even though it may seem perfectly natural, and quite efficient as a house-cleaning device. Baking soda or sodium bicarbonate reacts with acetic acid (found in vinegar), producing sodium acetate, water, and carbon dioxide. On the other hand, vinegar also causes baking soda to bubble, so if you put them in a closed container, you can cause an explosion.
Bleach with ammonia
The combination of these two ingredients creates toxic smokes, mainly chloramines, which are dangerous for your eyes and are extremely unsafe to breathe in.
Vinegar and hydrogen peroxide
You must remember not to blend these two items, especially not in the same container, as it will lead to the creation of peracetic acid. This acid is highly toxic and can damage your skin, eyes and respiratory system.
Chlorine bleach with vinegar
Any kind of acid, including vinegar, when mixed with chlorine, creates a dangerous formula because this combination produces a toxic chlorine gas.
Rubbing alcohol and bleach
This combination if extremely dangerous! It’s in fact a combination of chloroform and hydrochloric acid. So it is the best to use bleach only.